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A cross-sectional assessment of symptom burden among patients with advanced cervical cancer
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| dc.contributor.author | Tolcha Kebebew
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| dc.contributor.author | Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen
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| dc.contributor.author | Mosalo, Annah
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-01T05:19:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-01T05:19:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-12-18 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kebebew, T., Mavhandu-Mudzusi, A. & Mosalo, A. A cross-sectional assessment of symptom burden among patients with advanced cervical cancer. BMC Palliative Care Dec 18;20(1):190 (2021) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00883-3 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28418 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background The increasing burden of chronic non-communicable diseases in developing countries is driving attention to palliative care services. Identification of disease-specific symptoms of concern and their prevalence will guide designing, monitoring, and evaluating palliative care programmes. This study assessed the burden of symptoms and problems among patients with advanced cervical cancer. Methods This research followed a cross-sectional study design to quantitatively review the symptom burden among patients diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer attending treatment at Tikur Anbessa Specialised Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January to July 2019. Symptoms were assessed using a patient-reported, seven-day recall Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale (IPOS) version III. Frequency, median and mean scores with a standard deviation were used in the descriptive analysis whereas t-test and one-way analysis of variance were used for comparisons. Results There were 385 patients with advanced cervical cancer, stage IIB-IVB, successfully interviewed. The median age was 50 years, the majority were illiterate (63.1%) and in marital union (62.3%). Over 50% of the patients experienced pain, weakness, poor appetite, constipation, limited mobility, and dry mouth. The burdens of emotional symptoms such as patient anxiety, family anxiety, and patient depression were also prevalent at 79.7%, 82.3%, and 47.0%, respectively. Patients who are illiterate, at a higher stage of the disease, not currently in marriage, and who received palliative radiotherapy bear a higher symptom burden. Conclusion Patients with advanced cervical cancer bear a high symptom burden. Early initiation of palliative care is recommended to alleviate the concerning symptoms, and to improve patients’ quality of life. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 1 online resource (10 pages) : color graphs | en |
| dc.rights | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Advanced cervical cancer | en |
| dc.subject | Cross-sectional assessment | en |
| dc.subject | Symptom burden | en |
| dc.subject | IPOS | en |
| dc.subject | Palliative care | en |
| dc.subject | Ethiopia | en |
| dc.subject.ddc | 362.19699466009633 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Patients -- Services for -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Palliative treatment -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Palliative treatment -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Tikur Anbessa Specialised Hospital | en |
| dc.title | A cross-sectional assessment of symptom burden among patients with advanced cervical cancer | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.description.department | Health studies | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-01-01T05:19:21Z | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | en |
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