A cross-sectional study of distress : A cancer response
Ekman, Hanna ; Pettersson, Alexandra ; Jakobsson, Liselotte LU and Garmy, Pernilla LU
(2020)
In Nursing Open
7(3).
p.850-856
- Abstract
Aim: To describe the experience of distress in people with cancer of working age. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, patients (N = 168) with both ongoing (N = 56) and completed treatment (N = 105) completed the Distress Thermometer and the detailed problem list. Data were analysed by descriptive and analytical statistics. Results: A large proportion of patients (29%) continued to experience high distress (>3 according to the Distress Thermometer) even after treatment was completed. Patients experienced several problems after treatment had ended such as fatigue (44%), sleep problems (34%), worries (31%), pain (31%), tingling in hands and feet (31%) and problems with memory/concentration (30%).... (More)
Aim: To describe the experience of distress in people with cancer of working age. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, patients (N = 168) with both ongoing (N = 56) and completed treatment (N = 105) completed the Distress Thermometer and the detailed problem list. Data were analysed by descriptive and analytical statistics. Results: A large proportion of patients (29%) continued to experience high distress (>3 according to the Distress Thermometer) even after treatment was completed. Patients experienced several problems after treatment had ended such as fatigue (44%), sleep problems (34%), worries (31%), pain (31%), tingling in hands and feet (31%) and problems with memory/concentration (30%). Patients with financial/insurance problems had significantly higher distress than those who did not have these problems.
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- author
- Ekman, Hanna
; Pettersson, Alexandra
; Jakobsson, Liselotte
LU
and Garmy, Pernilla
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020-05
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- cancer, distress, distress thermometer, fatigue, financial, oncology, psychosocial, rehabilitation, treatment, working age
- in
- Nursing Open
- volume
- 7
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 7 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- pmid:32257273
- scopus:85082739540
- ISSN
- 2054-1058
- DOI
- 10.1002/nop2.460
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 0604aec6-2caa-47eb-a9dc-e023a2bdf7d6
- date added to LUP
- 2020-04-16 16:49:43
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- 2024-04-03 06:07:41
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series = {{Nursing Open}},
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