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Strategies in addressing cancer pain

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Breast cancer is associated with the occurrence of multiple symptoms, which can lead to negative consequences on the patient's physical status, social life, and psychological and financial status. Symptoms that are correlated with each other are known as Symptom Cluster (SC). Pain, fatigue, depression, sleep disturbances, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, constipation, and other symptoms are reported frequently in samples of women with breast cancer (Kirkova, Ryibicki, Walsh, Aktas, Davis, & Karafa, 2011). These symptoms have negative effect on performance status (PS) in different stages of breast cancer. Depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances are often reported in the psychoneurological SC. Examining the effect of SCs on performance status (PS) in advanced stages of breast cancer can alleviate their effect on performance and thereby improve a patient's quality of life. This study examined the effect of the pain SC on one or more symptoms of the psychoneurological SC and PS in advanced breast cancer.

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44th Biennial Convention 2017 Theme: Influence Through Action: Advancing Global Health, Nursing, and Midwifery.

Author Details

Kawther Ismail Hamash, PhD, MSN, BSN, Nursing, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; Wendy Umberger, PhD, College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA; Aynur Aktas, MD, Academic Advancement, Emory University School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Thomas Declan Walsh, MD, MSc, Survivorship, Genetics, Navigation, and Integrative Oncology Departments, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Vinay Kumar Cheruvu, PhD, MS, MSc, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA

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Delta Xi

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Indiana University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

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Keywords:

Symptom Clusters, Advanced Breast Cancer, Performance Status

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44th Biennial Convention

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Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Conference Year

2017

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Pain symptom cluster's (SC) effect on the psychoneurological SC and performance in advanced breast cancer

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Breast cancer is associated with the occurrence of multiple symptoms, which can lead to negative consequences on the patient's physical status, social life, and psychological and financial status. Symptoms that are correlated with each other are known as Symptom Cluster (SC). Pain, fatigue, depression, sleep disturbances, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, constipation, and other symptoms are reported frequently in samples of women with breast cancer (Kirkova, Ryibicki, Walsh, Aktas, Davis, & Karafa, 2011). These symptoms have negative effect on performance status (PS) in different stages of breast cancer. Depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances are often reported in the psychoneurological SC. Examining the effect of SCs on performance status (PS) in advanced stages of breast cancer can alleviate their effect on performance and thereby improve a patient's quality of life. This study examined the effect of the pain SC on one or more symptoms of the psychoneurological SC and PS in advanced breast cancer.