Differences in the symptom experience of older versus younger oncology outpatients: A cross-sectional study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cataldo, Janine K ^a   Paul, Steven ^a   Cooper, Bruce ^a   Skerman, Helen ^b   Alexander, Kimberly ^b   Aouizerat, Bradley ^a   Blackman, Virginia ^a   Merriman, John ^a   Dunn, Laura ^a   Ritchie, Christine ^a   Yates, Patsy ^b   Miaskowski, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geriatric oncology; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; BLOATING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROWSINESS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LEG EDEMA; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEMORIAL SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MICTURITION DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; OUTPATIENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TASTE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871720081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-6     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Jemal A, Bray F, Center MM, Ferlay J, Ward E, Forman D. Global cancer statistics. CA Cancer J Clin 2011, 61:69-90. 10.3322/caac.20107, 21296855.
2. Balducci L. Supportive care in elderly cancer patients. Curr Opin Oncol 2009, 21:310-317. 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32832b4f25, 19412099.
3. Townsley C, Pond G, Peloza B, Kok J, Naidoo K, Dale D, Herbert C, Holowaty E, Straus S, Siu L. Analysis of treatment practices for elderly cancer patients in Ontario, Canada. J Clin Oncol 2005, 23:3802-3810. 10.1200/JCO.2005.06.742, 15923574.
4. Townsley G, Beck S, Watkins J. " Learning to live with it" : coping with the transition to cancer survivorship in older adults. J Aging Stud 2007, 21:93-106.
5. Langer CJ. Clinical evidence on the undertreatment of older and poor performance patients who have advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: Is there a role for targeted therapy in these cohorts?. Clin Lung Cancer 2011, 12:272-279. 10.1016/j.cllc.2011.02.001, 21704567.
6. Dale DC. Poor prognosis in elderly patients with cancer: the role of bias and undertreatment. J Support Oncol 2003, 1(suppl 2):11-17.
7. Bastiaannet E, Portielje JEA, van de Velde CJH, de Craen AJM, van der Velde S, Kuppen PJK, van der Geest LGM, Janssen-Heijnen MLG, Dekkers OM, Westendorp RGJ. Lack of survival gain for elderly women with breast cancer. Oncologist 2011, 16:415-423. 10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0234, 3228128, 21406470.
8. Kagan SH. Ageism in cancer care. Sem Oncol Nurs 2008, 24:246-253.
9. Kroenke CH, Rosner B, Chen WY, Kawachi I, Colditz GA, Holmes MD. Functional impact of breast cancer by age at diagnosis. J Clin Oncol 2004, 22:1849-1856. 10.1200/JCO.2004.04.173, 15143077.
10. Cheung WY, Le LW, Gagliese L, Zimmermann C. Age and gender differences in symptom intensity and symptom clusters among patients with metastatic cancer. Support Care Cancer 2011, 19:417-423. 10.1007/s00520-010-0865-2, 20333411.
11. Carreca I, Balducci L. Cancer chemotherapy in the older cancer patient. Urol Oncol 2009, 27:633-642. 10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.08.006, 19879474.
12. Brunello A, Loaldi E, Balducci L. Dose adjustment and supportive care before and during treatment. Cancer Treat Rev 2009, 35:493-498. 10.1016/j.ctrv.2009.04.009, 19493625.
13. Kumar A, Soares H, Balducci L, Djulbegovic B. Treatment tolerance and efficacy in geriatric oncology: a systematic review of phase III randomized trials conducted by five National Cancer Institute-sponsored cooperative groups. J Clin Oncol 2007, 25:1272-1276. 10.1200/JCO.2006.09.2759, 17401017.
14. Rose J, O'Toole E, Dawson N, Thomas C, Connors A, Wenger N, Phillips R, Hamel M, Cohen H, Lynn J. Age differences in care practices and outcomes for hospitalized patients with cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000, 48:S25-S32.
15. Mohile SG, Heckler C, Fan L, Mustian K, Jean-Pierre P, Usuki K, Sprod L, Janelsins M, Purnell J, Peppone L, et al. Age-related differences in symptoms and their interference with quality of life in 903 cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. J Geriatr Oncol 2011, 2:225-232. 10.1016/j.jgo.2011.08.002, 3415272, 22888384.
16. Degner L, Sloan J. Symptom distress in newly diagnosed ambulatory cancer patients and as a predictor of survival in lung cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage 1995, 10:423-431. 10.1016/0885-3924(95)00056-5, 7561224.
17. Yan H, Sellick K. Symptoms, psychological distress, social support, and quality of life of Chinese patients newly diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer. Cancer Nurs 2004, 27:389-399.
18. Avis NE, Crawford S, Manuel J. Quality of life among younger women with breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2005, 23:3322-3330. 10.1200/JCO.2005.05.130, 15908646.
19. Ellis J, Lin J, Walsh A, Lo C, Shepherd FA, Moore M, Li M, Gagliese L, Zimmermann C, Rodin G. Predictors of referral for specialized psychosocial oncology care in patients with metastatic cancer: the contributions of age, distress, and marital status. J Clin Oncol 2009, 27:699-705. 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.4864, 19114706.
20. Graves KD, Arnold SM, Love CL, Kirsh KL, Moore PG, Passik SD. Distress screening in a multidisciplinary lung cancer clinic: prevalence and predictors of clinically significant distress. Lung Cancer 2007, 55:215-224. 10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.10.001, 1857305, 17084483.
21. Politi MC, Enright TM, Weihs KL. The effects of age and emotional acceptance on distress among breast cancer patients. Support Care Cancer 2007, 15:73-79. 10.1007/s00520-006-0098-6, 16816961.
22. Goldzweig G, Hubert A, Walach N, Brenner B, Perry S, Andritsch E, Baider L. Gender and psychological distress among middle-and older-aged colorectal cancer patients and their spouses: an unexpected outcome. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2009, 70:71-82. 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.07.014, 18762432.
23. Weiss T, Weinberger MI, Holland J, Nelson C, Moadel A. Falling through the cracks: a review of psychological distress and psychosocial service needs in older Black and Hispanic patients with cancer. J Geriatr Oncol 2012, 3(2):163-173.
24. Yabroff KR, Lamont EB, Mariotto A, Warren JL, Topor M, Meekins A, Brown ML. Cost of care for elderly cancer patients in the United States. J Nat Cancer Inst 2008, 100:630-641. 10.1093/jnci/djn103, 18445825.
25. Smith BD, Smith GL, Hurria A, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA. Future of cancer incidence in the United States: burdens upon an aging, changing nation. J Clin Oncol 2009, 27:2758-2765. 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.8983, 19403886.
26. Portenoy RK, Thaler HT, Kornblith AB, McCarthy Lepore J, Friedlander-Klar H, Kiyasu E, Sobel K, Coyle N, Kemeny N, Norton L. The memorial symptom assessment scale: an instrument for the evaluation of symptom prevalence, characteristics and distress. Eur J Cancer 1994, 30:1326-1336.
27. Kim H, Barsevick A, Tulman L. Predictors of the intensity of symptoms in a cluster in patients with breast cancer. J Nurs Scholar 2009, 41:158-165.
28. Brant J, Beck S, Dudley W, Cobb P, Pepper G, Miaskowski C. Symptom trajectories in posttreatment cancer survivors. Cancer Nurs 2010, 34:67-77.
29. Hopwood P, Haviland J, Mills J, Sumo G. The impact of age and clinical factors on quality of life in early breast cancer: an analysis of 2208 women recruited to the UK START Trial (Standardisation of Breast Radiotherapy Trial). Breast 2007, 16:241-251. 10.1016/j.breast.2006.11.003, 17236771.
30. Gagliese L, Jovellanos M, Zimmermann C, Shobbrook C, Warr D, Rodin G. Age-related patterns in adaptation to cancer pain: a mixed method study. Pain Med 2009, 10:1050-1061. 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00649.x, 19594849.
31. Gagliese L, Melzack R. Age-related differences in the qualities but not the intensity of chronic pain. Pain 2003, 104:597-608. 10.1016/S0304-3959(03)00117-9, 12927632.
32. Zubrod CG, Schneiderman M, Frei E, Brindley C, Gold GL, Shnider B. Appraisal of methods for the study of chemotherapy of cancer in man: comparative therapeutic trial of nitrogen mustard and triethylene thiophosphoramide. J Chron Dis 1960, 11:7-33.
33. Verger E, Salamero M, Conill C. Can Karnofsky performance status be transformed to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scoring scale and vice versa?. Eur J Cancer 1992, 28:1328-1330.
34. Hamilton W, Lancashire R, Sharp D, Peters TJ, Cheng K, Marshall T. The risk of colorectal cancer with symptoms at different ages and between the sexes: a case-control study. BMC Med 2009, 7(1):17. 10.1186/1741-7015-7-17, 2675533, 19374736.
35. Stark LL, Tofthagen C, Visovsky C, McMillan SC. The symptom experience of patients with cancer. J Hosp Palliat Nurs 2012, 14:61-70. 10.1097/NJH.0b013e318236de5c, 3358129, 22639548.
36. Dodd MJ, Miaskowski C, Paul SM. Symptom clusters and their effect on the functional status of patients with cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum 2001, 28:465-470.
37. Dodd MJ, Miaskowski C, Lee KA. Occurrence of symptom clusters. JNCI Monographs 2004, 32:76-78.
38. Kim EJ, Dodd M, Aouizerat B, Jahan T, Miaskowski C. A review of the prevalence and impact of multiple symptoms in oncology patients. J Pain Symptom Manage 2009, 37:715-736. 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.04.018, 2688644, 19019626.
39. Gilbertson-White S, Aouizerat BE, Jahan T, Miaskowski C. A review of the literature on multiple symptoms, their predictors, and associated outcomes in patients with advanced cancer. Palliat Support Care 2011, 9:81-102. 10.1017/S147895151000057X, 21352621.
40. Hamaker M, Schreurs W, van Slooten H, Uppelschoten J, Smorenburg C. Trends in breast cancer treatment in the elderly at a breast cancer outpatient clinic: guidelines followed better. Ned Tijdsch Geneeskd 2009, 153:A562.
41. McLachlan AJ, Pont LG. Drug metabolism in older people-a key consideration in achieving optimal outcomes with medicines. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2012, 67:175-180.
42. Kahana E, Kahana B, Kelley-Moore J, Adams SA, Hammel R, Kulle D, Brown JA, King C. Toward advocacy in cancer care for older adults: survivors have cautious personal actions but bold advice for others. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009, 57:S269-S271.
43. Lenze EJ, Wetherell JL. A lifespan view of anxiety disorders. Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2011, 13:381-399. 3263387, 22275845.
44. Bower JE, Low CA, Moskowitz JT, Sepah S, Epel E. Benefit finding and physical health: positive psychological changes and enhanced allostasis. Soc Personal Psychol Compass 2008, 2:223-244.
45. Costanzo ES, Ryff CD, Singer BH. Psychosocial adjustment among cancer survivors: findings from a national survey of health and well-being. Health Psycho 2009, 28:147-156.
46. Schwartz CE, Sprangers MAG. Methodological approaches for assessing response shift in longitudinal health-related quality-of-life research. Soc Sci Med 1999, 48:1531-1548. 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00047-7, 10400255.
47. Herr K, Titler MG, Schilling ML, Marsh JL, Xie X, Ardery G, Clarke WR, Everett LQ. Evidence-based assessment of acute pain in older adults: current nursing practices and perceived barriers. Clin J Pain 2004, 20:331-340. 10.1097/00002508-200409000-00008, 15322440.
48. Pain(PDQ). http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/pain/HealthProfessional/page1.
49. Ferrell BA. Pain management in elderly people. J Am Geriatr Soc 1991, 39:64-73.
50. Urban D, Cherny N, Catane R. The management of cancer pain in the elderly. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2010, 73:176-183. 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.03.008, 19372049.
51. Delgado-Guay MO, Bruera E. Management of pain in the older person with cancer. Part 1. Oncology 2008, 22:148-152.
52. Rhodes VA, Watson PM. Symptom distress-the concept: past and present. Sem Oncol Nurs 1987, 3:242-247.
53. McMillan SC, Small BJ. Symptom distress and quality of life in patients with cancer newly admitted to hospice home care. Oncol Nurs Forum 2002, 29:1421-1428. 10.1188/02.ONF.1421-1428, 12432413.
54. Peters L, Sellick K. Quality of life of cancer patients receiving inpatient and home-based palliative care. J Adv Nurs 2006, 53:524-533. 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03754.x, 16499673.
55. Rodin G, Zimmermann C, Rydall A, Jones J, Shepherd FA, Moore M, Fruh M, Donner A, Gagliese L. The desire for hastened death in patients with metastatic cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage 2007, 33:661-675. 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.034, 17531909.
56. Sergi G, Sarti S, Mosele M, Ruggiero E, Imoscopi A, Miotto F, Bolzetta F, Inelmen EM, Manzato E, Coin A. Changes in healthy elderly women's physical performance: a 3-year follow-up. Exp Gerontol 2011, 46:929-933. 10.1016/j.exger.2011.08.008, 21884781.