Patient related outcome measures
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Patient Relat Outcome Meas · Jan 2016
Patient-reported symptom distress, and most bothersome issues, before and during cancer treatment.
Frequently reported symptoms and treatment side effects may not be the most bothersome issues to patients with cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate patient-reported symptom distress and bothersome issues among participants with cancer. ⋯ More patients experienced moderate-to-severe symptom distress after treatment initiation. Patient identification of bothersome issues could not be assumed based on prevalence of symptoms reported with moderate-to-severe distress. The absolute symptom distress scores identified patients' most bothersome issues with good accuracy, outperforming change scores.