A Review of the Prevalence and Impact of Multiple Symptoms in Oncology Patients

• Published in: Journal of pain and symptom management Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 715 - 736
• Main Authors: Esther Kim, Jung-Eun, RN, MS, PhD, Dodd, Marylin J., RN, PhD, FAAN, Aouizerat, Bradley E., PhD, Jahan, Thierry, MD, Miaskowski, Christine, RN, PhD, FAAN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anesthesia & Perioperative Care; Biological and medical sciences; Databases, Bibliographic; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Multiple symptoms; Neoplasms - complications; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Oncology; outpatient oncology; Pain Medicine; patient outcomes; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Prevalence; Quality of life; symptom assessment; symptom clusters; symptom prevalence; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; symptom clusters; symptom assessment; patient outcomes; outpatient oncology; symptom prevalence; Multiple symptoms; Human; Evaluation; Prognosis; Prevalence; Cluster; Review; Malignant tumor; Epidemiology; Symptomatology; Cancerology; Ambulatory; Bibliographic review; Cancer

Abstract Findings from several studies suggest that oncology patients undergoing active treatment experience multiple symptoms, and that these symptoms can have a negative effect on patient outcomes. However, no systematic review has summarized the findings from studies that assessed multiple sympto...