Prevalence of symptoms in glioma patients throughout the disease trajectory: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Glioma patients suffer from a wide range of symptoms which influence quality of life negatively. The aim of this review is to give an overview of symptoms most prevalent in glioma patients throughout the total disease trajectory, to be used as a basis for the development of a specific glioma Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) for early assessment and monitoring of symptoms in glioma patients.

Methods

A systematic review focused on symptom prevalence in glioma patients in different phases of disease and treatment was performed in MEDLINE, CINAHL and EMBASE according to PRISMA recommendations. We calculated weighted means for prevalence rates per symptom.

Results

The search identified 2.074 unique papers, of which 32 were included in this review. In tota

SUBMITTER: IJzerman-Korevaar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267240 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature