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  • Cancer treatments cause various symptoms, and little research has focused on these effects in home settings after hospital discharge.
  • A study involving 58 child and adolescent cancer patients assessed their symptoms at home, revealing high rates of fatigue (52.1%), nausea (50.7%), and pain (42.3%), along with psychological symptoms like difficulty sleeping (21.1%) and sadness (18.3%).
  • Results showed that the severity of physical symptoms like pain and fatigue correlated with increased psychosocial distress, and many patients didn't report their symptoms while at home.

Article Abstract

Malignancy- and cancer-related treatments lead to multiple symptoms. Although treatments focus on cure, few research studies have examined the symptoms that accompany these aggressive and complicated treatments. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the symptoms experienced by children at home. Children (n = 25) and adolescents (n = 33) diagnosed with cancer completed the Memorial Symptoms Assessment Scale during the 5 days at home after discharge from the hospital. The most frequent physical symptoms were fatigue (52.1%), nausea (50.7%), lack of appetite (43.7%), and pain (42.3%). The most frequent psychological symptoms were difficulty sleeping (21.1%), worrying (18.3%), feeling sad (18.3%), and feeling nervous (16.9%). Significant differences were found in the overall physical and psychosocial symptoms and Global Distress Index in patients with and without pain, fatigue, and nausea. Results indicated that physical and psychosocial symptoms and Global Distress Index increased as severity of pain, nausea, and fatigue increased. Children and adolescents were experiencing many symptoms at home but were often not reporting them.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2018.11.007DOI Listing

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