The effect of telephone triage on symptom management in patients with cancer undergoing systemic chemotherapy: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Patients with cancer experience chemotherapy-related symptoms in the home after treatment in the hospital. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of the telephone triage on symptom management, quality of life, and self-care management in patients with cancer undergoing treatment of systemic chemotherapy.

Methods: The study was conducted as a single-blind randomized controlled trial.

The West Haven Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory: Reliability and validity of the Turkish version in individuals with cancer.

Purpose: Pain is a complex, multidimensional and subjective phenomenon that is common in patients with cancer. The translation of existing pain measurement scales is considered important in producing internationally comparable measures for evidence based practice. In measuring the pain experience, the WHYMPI is a widely used instrument to measure assessment of clinical pain, and it has not been validated in Turkey.