The Relationship Between Symptom Severity and Symptom Interference, Education, Age, Marital Status, and Type of Chemotherapy Treatment in Israeli Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Abstract

Evidence-based symptom profiles for different chemotherapy protocols are needed.

The influence of demographics, psychological factors and self-efficacy on symptom distress in colorectal cancer patients undergoing post-surgical adjuvant chemotherapy

“…Multiple studies have documented the wide range of serious physical and psychological symptoms associated with cancer and adverse effects of cytotoxic medications used in chemotherapy regimens (Ryan, 1996;Stanton et al, 2005;Breen et al, 2009;Syvak et al, 2012). Pain, fatigue, lack of appetite, dry mouth, mucositis, dyspnea, constipation, diarrhea, anorexia, insomnia, nausea, vomiting, cognitive difficulties, depression and anxiety are common symptoms experienced by cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy (Ryan, 1996;Prigozin et al, 2010). Distress from multiple concurrent symptoms, both physical and psychological, often leads patients to delay seeking treatment or, later in the course of their disease, to terminate treatment early (Syvak et al, 2012).…”

Course of depression, mental health service utilization and treatment preferences in women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer

“…Such consequences of depression may exacerbate the already stressful process of chemotherapy. Although chemotherapy side effects have been shown to impact daily functioning in women with breast cancer, it is not clear whether an association exists between chemotherapy-related symptom burden and depression [15,16]. Anxiety is often comorbid with depression after a diagnosis of breast cancer and may be heightened during chemotherapy [8,17].…”

Symptom Experience and Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy in Bangladesh

“…It was composed of four wellbeings of participants (physical, social/family, emotional and functional) included breast cancerspecific subscale. It was rated by 5-point Likert scale not at all (0) to very much (4). All items of the FACT-B were calculated by averaging all items in every subscale and total scores were multiplied.…”

“…Thirteen out of 28 symptoms were reported in more than 50% of patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy regimen 3 . The most common symptoms reported were fatigue, sleep disturbance, drowsiness, distress and sadness, hot flashes and sweats, and pain [4][5] . Suwisith and colleagues revealed that the participants stated mild to moderate level of symptom severity 3 .…”