Association between multiple symptoms and quality of life of paediatric patients with cancer in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify the association of multiple symptoms and clinical characteristics on quality of life (QoL) of paediatric patients with cancer.

Design

A descriptive, cross-sectional study.

Setting

South American Children's Hospital for Cancer Treatment (Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil).

Participants

A total of 157 participants, 116 paediatric patients, diagnosed with cancer, undergoing chemotherapy treatment, between 7 and 18 years of age and 41 proxies for patients between 2 and 6 years of age.

Primary outcome measures

The severity and prevalence ofsymptoms were identified through the use of a culturally adapted multi-symptomscreening tool, and the influence these symptoms, in association with clinicalcharacteristics, had on the QOL of Brazilian pedia

SUBMITTER: de Andrade Cadamuro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223154 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature