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Citation

Tang L, Zhang Y, Pang Y. Psychooncology 2020; 29(5): 869-877.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/pon.5358

PMID

32040238

Abstract

PURPOSE: Distress screening using measures of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) has been introduced in China and is increasingly recognized as contributing to whole-patient care. We carried out a multi-centered cross-sectional survey of Chinese cancer inpatients to explore the symptom burden, symptom clusters, and risk factors of distress.
METHOD: Patients were recruited from five hospitals in four provinces. The Distress Assessment and Response Tool (DART) was used as the screening tool. Demographic and medical information was collected. Descriptive analysis, the chi-square test, logistics regression analysis, and hierarchical clustering analysis were used.
RESULTS: Totally 1045 valid questionnaires were collected (83.6% validity ratio). Low well-being (39.4%), lack of appetite (35.4%), tiredness (32.9%), pain (21.1%), and anxiety (19.8%) were the top five symptoms. Patients in Ci County had a heavier symptom burden than patients at other sites. Depression, anxiety, nausea, drowsiness, and pain were considered pain-illness symptoms; lack of appetite, low well-being, tiredness, and shortness of breath were considered fatigue-illness symptoms. Social difficulty was a risk factor for all symptoms. A high proportion of suicide ideation (38.8%) and suicide intention (10.5%) was identified among patients with potential depression.
CONCLUSION: The high symptom burden of Chinese cancer inpatients indicates the necessity of distress screening; well-designed screening programs such as the multidimensional DART and its acceptability in China should be further explored. Social difficulty has a universal impact on patients' well-being, and psychosocial care should be integrated into holistic symptoms management.


Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Cross-Sectional Studies; Risk Factors; Adult; Aged; Female; Male; Middle Aged; Anxiety; Neoplasms; Fatigue; Suicidal Ideation; Surveys and Questionnaires; China; Mass Screening; Inpatients; Pain; cancer; patient-reported outcome; Psychological Distress; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; distress assessment and response tool; distress screening; symptom burden

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