| Title: |
NURSING |
| Authors: |
Gieseking, Annie; Williams, Phoebe; Piamjariyakul, Ubolrat; Kelly, Kathy; Dobos, Carol; Connor, Renee; Williams, Arthur; Sheehan, Kathryn; Devorin, Barbara; Hoeppner, Corrine; Lucas, Matthew; Barakat, Lamia; Hobbie, Wendy; Deatrick, Janet; Black, Karina; Beaudoin, Wendy; McDonald, Clare; Tulloh, Renate; Montero, Lucía; Frías, Carmen; Cañete, Adela; Pablo, Miranda; Rebeca, Conde; Miguel, Harto; Patricia, Smeyers; Victoria, Castel; Avula, Shivaram; Abernethy, Laurence; Pizer, Barry; Pettorini, Benedetta; Williams, Dawn; Mallucci, Conor; Lafond, Deborah; DeLuca, Holly; Steacy, Katerina; Cullen, Patsy; Moore, Ida (Ki); Yeh-Nayre, Lanipua; Le Floch, Nathalie; Levy, Michael; Donoghue, Donna; Crawford, John; Paiva, Priscila; Cappellano, Andrea; Dias, Carla; Silva, Nasjla; Clark, Erin; Hemenway, Molly; Madden, Jennifer; Foreman, Nicholas; Dorneman, Laura; Rossiter, James; Arvanitis, Theodoros; Natarajan, Kal; Wilson, Martin; Davies, Nigel; Gill, Simrandip; Grazier, Rachel; Crouch, Jane; Auer, Dorothee; Clark, Chris; Grundy, Richard; Hargrave, Darren; Howe, Franklyn; Jaspan, Tim; Leach, Martin; MacPherson, Lesley; Payne, Geoffrey; Saunders, Dawn; Peet, Andrew; Madden, Jennifer R.; Bess, Hillary; Chordas, Christine; LaFond, Debbie; Packer, Roger; Hilden, Joanne; Smith, Amy; Chi, Susan; Marcus, Karen; Foreman, Nicholas K.; Liu, Arthur K.; Stillwell, Diana; Olavarria, Greg; Thomas, Damita |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford University Press |
| Publication Year: |
2012 |
| Collection: |
HighWire Press (Stanford University) |
| Subject Terms: |
Abstracts |
| Description: |
PURPOSES: Using the Therapy-Related Symptom Checklist- Children (TRSC-C), (a) examined symptom occurrence and severity during neuro-oncology treatments of children/adolescents; (b) compared the symptom occurrence and severity scores of pediatric neuro-oncology patients 5-11 years old, and those 12-17 years old; and (c) males vs. females. Used Orem's self-care deficit theory. METHODS: Secondary analysis from a cross-sectional study at 5 university-affiliated Children's Hospitals/clinics in the USA; data were reported on 79 pediatric outpatient neuro-oncology patients receiving chemotherapy, some on radiation or both (51% male; age range: 5-16 yrs; mean age 10.12 years; SD, 3.26). The 30-item, standardized TRSC-C was used to record patients' symptom occurrence and severity (0, no symptom; 1, “A little bit”; 2, “Quite a bit”; 3, “A lot”; 4, “A whole lot”) during cancer treatments. High reliability and good content and construct validity have been established. To address the study purposes, descriptive data analyses were done. RESULTS: Cronbach's alpha was.92. [A] Symptom occurrence: symptoms reported by 40% or more of the Ss were: taste change, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, feeling sluggish, difficulty concentrating, difficulty sleeping, hair loss, dizziness, skin changes, pain, constipation, and irritable– with mean severity scores all above 1 [range: 1.1-1.7, or between “a little bit” to “quite a bit”]. Only 3 symptoms added by a few were different [e.g., blurred vision, weak reflexes, loss of hearing]; also mentioned were difficulty walking/balance, and mood swings, but these were similar to the TRSC-C items “tripping/ falling” and “irritable”. [B]. The older age group had significantly higher TRSC-C total scores (M = 18.92, SD = 14.52 vs 27.35, SD = 19.80), t = -2.12, p < .05. [C] TRSC-C total scores of males and females were not significantly different. CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS: Treating central nervous system tumors, second most common childhood cancer, requires aggressive multi-modal therapies ... |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://neuro-oncology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/14/suppl_1/i121; http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nos105 |
| DOI: |
10.1093/neuonc/nos105 |
| Availability: |
http://neuro-oncology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/14/suppl_1/i121; https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nos105 |
| Rights: |
Copyright (C) 2012, Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9985B97A |
| Database: |
BASE |