Perceptions of symptom distress in lung cancer patients .1. Congruence between patients and primary family caregivers

被引：88

作者：

Lobchuk, MM

Kristjanson, L

Degner, L

Blood, P

Sloan, JA

机构：

[1] UNIV MANITOBA,FAC NURSING,WINNIPEG,MB,CANADA

[2] UNIV MANITOBA,FAC MED,WINNIPEG,MB,CANADA

[3] MAYO CLIN,ROCHESTER,MN

来源：

JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT | 1997年 / 14卷 / 03期

基金：

英国医学研究理事会;

关键词：

symptom distress; lung neoplasms; family caregivers; Mini-Mental Status Examination; HOME NURSING-CARE; PAIN; LIFE; QUALITY;

D O I：

10.1016/S0885-3924(97)00022-5

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Part I of this two-part paper employs a comparative descriptive design to compare primary family caregivers' assessments of lung cancer patients' symptom distress with patients' own perceptions of symptom distress in the home setting. Part Ii describes the results of the qualitative component of this research. A convenience sample of 37 patients-family caregiver dyads completed the McCorkle and Young Symptom Distress Scale (SDS). Family caregivers' global scores were moderately correlated with patients' global scores (r = .071); P < 0.001). No significant differences in ratings were found for ten of the 13 symptoms assessed. Therefore, when the patient is unable to provide a self-report of symptom distress, health-care professionals may seriously consider family caregivers' assessments of patients' symptom distress to be reasonable estimates for at least ten of the 13 symptoms on the SDS. (C) U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee, 1997.

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页码：136 / 146

页数：11