Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman; Adult Health Department, Faculty of Nursing, Al Al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan.
Faculty of Nursing, Zarqa Private University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Semin Oncol Nurs. 2021 Apr;37(2):151144. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2021.151144. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
This study was conducted to explore symptom clusters among women with breast cancer in Jordan.
A cross-sectional survey of 516 women with breast cancer who were recruited from three hospitals.
This study demonstrated that women with breast cancer experienced several symptoms at the same time. These symptoms tend to cluster in five main groups, and patients experiencing the psychological, nausea and vomiting, and pain clusters are expected to have a lower mean score of quality of life.
Nurses need to assess and manage symptoms as clusters to improve the quality of life of women with breast cancer. Symptoms clusters should guide symptoms management practice and be given a priority equal to the active treatment of cancer. Symptoms management and cancer treatment should be started simultaneously.
本研究旨在探讨约旦女性乳腺癌患者的症状群。
对来自三家医院的 516 名乳腺癌女性进行的横断面调查。
本研究表明,乳腺癌女性同时经历多种症状。这些症状往往集中在五个主要组中,预计经历心理、恶心和呕吐以及疼痛组的患者生活质量平均评分较低。
护士需要评估和管理症状群,以提高乳腺癌女性的生活质量。症状群应指导症状管理实践,并与癌症的积极治疗同等重视。应同时开始症状管理和癌症治疗。