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- Title
Symptom Burden and Self-Advocacy: Exploring the relationship among female cancer survivors.
- Authors
Hagan, Teresa L.; Gilbertson-White, Stephanie; Cohen, Susan M.; Temel, Jennifer S.; Greer, Joseph A.; Donovan, Heidi S.
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although patient self-advocacy is a critical component of patient-centered care, the association between symptom burden and selfadvocacy has received little attention. OBJECTIVES: This analysis evaluates the degree to which self-advocacy is associated with symptom burden among women with a history of cancer. METHODS: Participants completed online or paper questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and ordinary least squares regression models were used to analyze the association between the three dimensions of self-advocacy and two dimensions of symptom burden: symptom severity and interference. FINDINGS: Participants reported moderate levels of symptom burden. Fatigue, disturbed sleep, and memory problems were most common. Informed decision making was positively associated with symptom burden and participants' burden across the three most severe symptoms. Effective communication was negatively associated with total symptom burden and the degree to which symptoms interfered with daily life.
- Subjects
CANCER patients; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; RESEARCH methodology; NURSING models; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; SECONDARY analysis; SYMPTOMS; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PATIENT decision making
- Publication
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2018, Vol 22, Issue 1, pE23
- ISSN
1092-1095
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/18.CJON.E23-E30