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25-09-2024 | Thyroid Cancer | Original Article

Symptom clusters of patients with advanced thyroid cancer: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Ming Cai, Juxiang Gou

Published in: Endocrine

Abstracts

Purpose

To investigate and analyze the symptom clusters of patients with advanced thyroid cancer and provide a basis for developing targeted symptom management measures.

Methods

Patients who visited a multidisciplinary outpatient service for advanced thyroid cancer at a tertiary A hospital in Sichuan Province from April 2022 to April 2023 were selected using convenience sampling. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Thyroid Cancer module (MDASI-THY). Symptom clusters were extracted by exploratory factor analysis.

Results

Disturbed sleep had the highest incidence (75.7%) and severity (3.0 points), while mood distress had the highest incidence (63.5%) and severity (2.0 points) of symptom interference. Three symptom clusters were identified: mood-fatigue-sleep, digestive tract-sensation, and thyroid cancer-specific symptom clusters.

Conclusion

Patients with advanced thyroid cancer have multiple symptom clusters that seriously affect their daily lives. Health care professionals should conduct targeted observation and preventive treatment to reduce the burden of symptoms on patients.

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Title: Symptom clusters of patients with advanced thyroid cancer: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Ming Cai
Juxiang Gou
Publication date: 25-09-2024
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Cancer
Fatigue
Published in: Endocrine
Print ISSN: 1355-008X
Electronic ISSN: 1559-0100
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-024-04051-4

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