Changes in symptom intensity among cancer patients receiving outpatient palliative care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 652-660

  Kang, Jung Hun ^a,b   Kwon, Jung Hye ^a,c   Hui, David ^a   Yennurajalingam, Sriram ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

assessment; outpatient; palliative care; Symptom; symptom intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING;

ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM INTENSITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886952848     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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