Open AccessHigh prevalence of dyspnea in lung cancer: An observational study
Author(s) -
Anuja Damani,
Arunangshu Ghoshal,
Naveen Salins,
Maryann Muckaden,
Jayita Deodhar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_64_19
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , lung cancer , anxiety , quality of life (healthcare) , palliative care , cancer , breathing , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , psychiatry , nursing
Dyspnea is a subjective, multidimensional experience of breathing discomfort, commonly seen in patients with advanced cancer. This study is a secondary analysis to seek the clinical prevalence of dyspnea on a subset of patients with lung cancer. Improving the quality of life (QoL) in dyspnea requires aggressive symptom management, which in turn entails a detailed understanding of its symptomatology.