Relationship between distressing symptoms and performance status among cancer patients receiving palliative care /
Fatma Thabet Hussenein Attia
Relationship between distressing symptoms and performance status among cancer patients receiving palliative care / العلاقة بين الأعراض الضاغطة والأداء الوظيفى لدي مرضى السرطان الذين يتلقون الرعاية التلطيفية Fatma Thabet Hussenein Attia ; Supervised Hanaa Youssry Hashem , Samy Abdelrazek Alsirafy , Shaimaa Mohamed Elhadary - Cairo : Fatma Thabet Hussenein Attia , 2017 - 67 Leaves : charts ; 30cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Surgical Nursing
Background: Patients with advanced cancer experience distressing symptoms and progressive decline in their performance status (PS). Aim: To identify the relationship between symptom burden and PS of Egyptian cancer patients receiving palliative care. Design: This was A descriptive correlational design. Symptom burden was assessed using the Arabic version of the revised Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS-r). Performance status was assessed using the Palliative Performance Scale. Sample; include 100 patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care. Setting; The study was conducted in an Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department at Kasr El-Aini hospital Egypt. Results: The most common symptom to be reported as severe was pain (93%) followed by tiredness (74%), poor wellbeing (67%), lack of appetite (62%), and anxiety (60%). The majority of patients (76%) had a PPS score 30. Conclusion: there was a statistical significant correlation between distressing symptoms and performance status among cancer patients receiving palliative care. Recommendations: Replication of the study on a larger probability sample selected from different geographical areas in Egypt is recommended to obtain more generalizable data
Advanced cancer Performance status Symptom burden
Relationship between distressing symptoms and performance status among cancer patients receiving palliative care / العلاقة بين الأعراض الضاغطة والأداء الوظيفى لدي مرضى السرطان الذين يتلقون الرعاية التلطيفية Fatma Thabet Hussenein Attia ; Supervised Hanaa Youssry Hashem , Samy Abdelrazek Alsirafy , Shaimaa Mohamed Elhadary - Cairo : Fatma Thabet Hussenein Attia , 2017 - 67 Leaves : charts ; 30cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Surgical Nursing
Background: Patients with advanced cancer experience distressing symptoms and progressive decline in their performance status (PS). Aim: To identify the relationship between symptom burden and PS of Egyptian cancer patients receiving palliative care. Design: This was A descriptive correlational design. Symptom burden was assessed using the Arabic version of the revised Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS-r). Performance status was assessed using the Palliative Performance Scale. Sample; include 100 patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care. Setting; The study was conducted in an Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department at Kasr El-Aini hospital Egypt. Results: The most common symptom to be reported as severe was pain (93%) followed by tiredness (74%), poor wellbeing (67%), lack of appetite (62%), and anxiety (60%). The majority of patients (76%) had a PPS score 30. Conclusion: there was a statistical significant correlation between distressing symptoms and performance status among cancer patients receiving palliative care. Recommendations: Replication of the study on a larger probability sample selected from different geographical areas in Egypt is recommended to obtain more generalizable data
Advanced cancer Performance status Symptom burden