Symptoms and symptom clusters in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and commonly used instruments: An integrated review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to synthesize the available knowledge of identifying hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) symptoms and symptom clusters in patients with HCC and instruments used for these assessments to maximize symptom management.

Methods

Whittemore and Knafl's integrative review method was employed to guide a systematic search for literature in five databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, CINAHL, and ThaiJO). The retrieved articles were limited to those which were peer-reviewed, published between 2005 and 2022, and had English abstracts. All of identified studies were screened, extracted, and analyzed independently by two researchers.

Result

Fourteen articles were included in this review. They were grouped into three themes: symptoms, symptom assessment, and

SUBMITTER: Pathomjaruwat T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10859590 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature