An exploratory study to clarify the cluster of symptoms predictive of chemotherapy-related nausea using random forest modeling

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 692-703

  Molassiotis, Alex ^a,b   Farrell, Carole ^b   Bourne, Kathryn ^a   Brearley, Sarah G ^c   Pilling, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; Nausea; nutritional status; quality of life; random forests; symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENERGY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GENERAL; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MEMORIAL SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT GENERATED SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; TASTE DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIEMETICS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84868529367     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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