https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/203559
標題: | Prevalence and severity of symptoms in terminal cancer patients: a study in Taiwan | 作者: | TAI-YUAN CHIU WEN-YU HU CHING-YU CHEN |
關鍵字: | Taiwan;symptom;prevalence;terminal cancer;CARE | 公開日期: | 2000 | 起(迄)頁: | 311-313 | 來源出版物: | Supportive Care in Cancer | 摘要: | This paper reports a prospective study conducted between September 1997 and July 1998 in 232 consecutive patients with terminal cancer. A structured data collection form was used daily to evaluate symptoms, which were analyzed at the time of admission, 1 week after admission and 48 h before death. Terminal cancer patients in this study were polysymptomatic. There were no statistically significant differences in the prevalence of most symptoms with the primary site of cancer. The majority of symptoms improved at the end of the Ist week after admission, but many symptoms worsened just before death. The high prevalence of symptoms and lack of significant difference among primary tumor sites may be related to shorter survival times caused by late referral, which is common in Taiwan. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/173027 | DOI: | 10.1007/s005209900112 | SDG/關鍵字: | advanced cancer; article; cancer localization; cancer patient; cause of death; human; major clinical study; prevalence; priority journal; symptomatology; Taiwan; terminal care |
顯示於: | 醫學系 |
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