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KMID : 0861120130170030129
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2013 Volume.17 No. 3 p.129 ~ p.141
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The Analysis of usage and characteristic of Cancer-Related Anorexia Symptom Assessment Tool
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Oh So-Mi
Cheon Chun-Hoo
Jang Bo-Hyoung
Park Jeong-Su
Jang Soo-Bin
Shin Yong-Cheol
Ko Seong-Gyu
Park Sun-Ju
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Abstract
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Objectives: Anorexia is the primary symptom impinging cancer patients’ quality of life. It is usually accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms(GI symptoms). Thus, to measure anorexia symptom precisely, assessing anorexia and GI symptoms together is recommended. This study was designed to analyze cancer-related anorexia assessment tools, extract GI symptoms included in these tools and investigate usefulness of instruments in clinical trials.
Methods: Instruments were selected by searching PubMed, PROQOLID database. We analyzed instruments by number of items, assessment method, type of question, GI symptoms.
Results: 9 instruments were selected to assess cancer-related anorexia symptom. Most tools adopt Likert scale as response scale and ‘during past week’ as recall period. Assessment method of all 9 instruments is the self-administration. Questions measuring anorexia are able to be sorted into 3 forms(frequency, severeness and distress of anorexia symptom). Among the GI symptoms, nausea is included in all 9 instruments. In clinical trials of cancer-related anorexia, Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale(ESAS) and Functional Assessment of Anorexia/Cachexia Therapy Questionnaire(FAACT) were selected as endpoint measure.
Conclusions: The result showed that FAACT is the only specialized tool to assess cancer-related anorexia. To measure cancer-related anorexia precisely, the need to develop new instrument exists.
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KEYWORD
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cancer-related anorexia, appetite loss, symptom assessment, measuring instrument, scale
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