A cross‐sectional study of distress: A cancer response

AIM: To describe the experience of distress in people with cancer of working age. DESIGN: A cross‐sectional study. METHODS: In this cross‐sectional study, patients (N = 168) with both ongoing (N = 56) and completed treatment (N = 105) completed the Distress Thermometer and the detailed problem list....

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Autores principales: Ekman, Hanna, Pettersson, Alexandra, Jakobsson, Liselotte, Garmy, Pernilla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.460
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Sumario:AIM: To describe the experience of distress in people with cancer of working age. DESIGN: A cross‐sectional study. METHODS: In this cross‐sectional study, patients (N = 168) with both ongoing (N = 56) and completed treatment (N = 105) completed the Distress Thermometer and the detailed problem list. Data were analysed by descriptive and analytical statistics. RESULTS: A large proportion of patients (29%) continued to experience high distress (>3 according to the Distress Thermometer) even after treatment was completed. Patients experienced several problems after treatment had ended such as fatigue (44%), sleep problems (34%), worries (31%), pain (31%), tingling in hands and feet (31%) and problems with memory/concentration (30%). Patients with financial/insurance problems had significantly higher distress than those who did not have these problems.

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