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Symptom Clusters and Relationships to Symptom Interference with Daily Life in Taiwanese Lung Cancer Patients

, 2008
The number one cause of cancer death in Taiwan is lung cancer. Of the few studies describing the experience of patients living with lung cancer, most use bivariate analyses to test associations between individual symptoms.
Tsai, Chun Ming, Lin, Chien Huang, Lin, Chia Chin, Chen, Bing Chang, Wang, Shu Yi   +4 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cancer Symptom Clusters: A Validation Study

, 2007
Cancer patients often experience multiple symptoms concurrently, a phenomenon called symptom clustering. Different symptom clusters have been identified by various symptom assessment tools, as well as by different research methods, but no study has ...
Chen, Mei Ling, Lin, Chia Chin
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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Symptom experience in Korean adults with lung cancer

, 2004
This study aimed to examine how symptoms vary in relation to demographic characteristics (age and sex), stage of disease, histology of lung cancer, and treatment type in Korean adults with lung cancer.
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Medication and symptom management in persons living with HIV. perceptions and collaboration of persons living with HIV, their close support persons and healthcare providers [PDF]

, 2009
Over the past two decades, developments in the treatment and monitoring of HIV Infection have radically reduced morbidity and mortality rates among those affected by it [1].
Nicca, Dunja
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Telehealth virtual reality intervention reduces chronic pain in a randomized crossover study

npj Digital Medicine
The efficacy of telehealth Virtual Reality (VR) for chronic pain, a promising digital intervention, remains underexplored due to methodological challenges.
Luana Colloca, Anna Han, Rachel Massalee, Nandini Raghuraman, Rachel L. Cundiff-O’Sullivan, Giancarlo Colloca, Yang Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Virtual Reality Technology on Pain and Anxiety in Pediatric Burn Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2022
Introduction: Virtual reality (VR) has the potential to lessen pain and anxiety experienced by pediatric patients undergoing burn wound care procedures.
Kathryn L. Smith, Yang Wang, Yang Wang, Luana Colloca, Luana Colloca, Luana Colloca   +5 more
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Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validity and Reliability of the Swedish Version of the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS) : An Instrument for the Evaluation of Symptom Prevalence, Characteristics, and Distress

, 2013
Context. There are few scales in Swedish that assess symptoms in the dimensions of frequency, severity, and distress. Objectives. The purpose of this study was to translate and determine the validity and reliability of the Memorial Symptom Assessment ...
Wengstrom, Yvonne, Browall, M, Kenne Sarenmalm, Elisabeth,, Nasic, S, Gaston-Johansson, Fannie,, Nasic, Salmir, Browall, Maria,, Särenmalm, Elisabeth Kenne,, Nasic, Salmir,, Wengström, Yvonne,, Sarenmalm, EK, Wengstrom, Y, Gaston-Johansson, F   +12 more
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