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Pain and symptom experiences of persons with nasopharyngeal carcinoma over the course of radiation therapy in Taiwan.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Pain and symptom experiences of persons with nasopharyngeal carcinoma over the course of radiation therapy in Taiwan./
Author:	Huang, Hsiu-Ying.
Description:	113 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 60-01, Section: B, page: 1290.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International60-01B.
Subject:	Nursing. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9916670
ISBN:	9780599155404

Pain and symptom experiences of persons with nasopharyngeal carcinoma over the course of radiation therapy in Taiwan.
Huang, Hsiu-Ying.

Pain and symptom experiences of persons with nasopharyngeal carcinoma over the course of radiation therapy in Taiwan. - 113 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 60-01, Section: B, page: 1290.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1998.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) prevails in southeastern Asia, including Taiwan. While the prevalence of pain and other symptoms associated with radiation therapy (RT) is known to be high, the profile and time course of the pain and symptoms remain to be explored. This descriptive, longitudinal study aimed to describe the pain experiences and the symptom profiles in persons with NPC over a 7-week course of the RT in Taiwan.

ISBN: 9780599155404Subjects--Topical Terms:

528444
Nursing.

Pain and symptom experiences of persons with nasopharyngeal carcinoma over the course of radiation therapy in Taiwan.
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520 $a Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) prevails in southeastern Asia, including Taiwan. While the prevalence of pain and other symptoms associated with radiation therapy (RT) is known to be high, the profile and time course of the pain and symptoms remain to be explored. This descriptive, longitudinal study aimed to describe the pain experiences and the symptom profiles in persons with NPC over a 7-week course of the RT in Taiwan.
520 $a Twenty-nine men and 11 women with NPC undergoing RT were studied. Their ages ranged from 22 to 72 years (M = 45, SD = 12). Subjects completed a pain assessment tool (PAT) and a radiation symptom checklist (RSCL) and were evaluated for the degree of mucositis using a mucositis, assessment tool (MAT), prior to and weekly during RT.
520 $a Findings showed that pain prevalence, intensity, and the degree to which pain interfered with daily activities escalated at week 3 and reached a peak at week 5. Subjects typically marked 1 to 2 pain sites during RT. The majority of the subjects experienced RT-induced, nociceptive pain during the treatment. More than 40% of the subjects suffered from severe worst pain between week 3 and week 7, but only 6% to 19% of the subjects received opioid analgesics. The pain was more likely to affect eating activities than general activities.
520 $a All subjects had observable mucositis and reported dry mouth, taste change, difficulty in swallowing, trismus, hoarseness, weight loss, skin itchiness, and sore throat during RT. Hair loss (79%) was the least common problem and prevailed only at the last week. Dry mouth, taste change, difficulty in swallowing, and sore throat prevailed together at week 2, and most of the subjects experienced these symptoms at moderate to severe intensities during RT.
520 $a This study was the first to systemically investigate pain experiences in persons with NPC prior to and during a 7-week course of RT. Findings highlight the urgent need for increased vigilance about the symptoms and more aggressive pain control. This issue is critical because timely pain and symptom management is a key to greater patient compliance with the anti-cancer therapy and to better quality of life.
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