Open AccessMeasurement of patients’ acceptable symptom levels and priorities for symptom improvement in advanced lung cancer
Author(s) -
Ellen Krueger,
Ekin Secinti,
Wei Wu,
Nasser H. Hanna,
Greg Andrew Durm,
Lawrence H. Einhorn,
Shadia I. Jalal,
Catherine E. Mosher
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
supportive care in cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.133
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1433-7339
pISSN - 0941-4355
DOI - 10.1007/s00520-021-06159-z
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing research , lung cancer , nausea , distress , construct validity , pain medicine , cancer , physical therapy , performance status , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , nursing , anesthesiology
Little research has assessed cancer patients' success criteria and priorities for symptom improvement to inform patient-centered care. Thus, we modified and tested a measure of these constructs for advanced lung cancer patients. We compared acceptable severity levels following symptom treatment across eight symptoms and identified patient subgroups based on symptom importance.