Classification of symptom subtypes in patients with multiple myeloma during treatment: a cross-sectional survey study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To classify subgroups of cancer-related symptoms in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) during treatment and examine between-group differences in demographic and clinical characteristics in addition to functional status.

Design

Cross-sectional survey study.

Setting

Haematology department of two tertiary hospitals affiliated with Guilin Medical University in China.

Participants

Using a convenience sampling method, questionnaires were distributed to patients with MM visiting two hospitals in Guilin, China.

Interventions

The patients were categorised into subgroups based on cancer-related symptoms using a latent class analysis. An analysis of covariance was performed to examine how demographic and clinical characteristics and functional status di

SUBMITTER: Yu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10016277 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature