患有癌症的年轻成年人的症状模式:基于应用程序的研究
Giulia Locatelli1, Alessandro Pasta2, Line Bentsen3
1School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Seminars in oncology nursing
|July 28, 2023
概括
患有癌症的年轻人经常经历情绪障碍和疲劳. 一个智能手机应用程序揭示了症状集群,并表明更高的情绪障碍会影响活动水平,有助于量身定制的症状管理.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 数字健康数字健康
- 精神瘤学 精神瘤学
背景情况:
- 患有癌症的年轻人面临着独特的症状负担.
- 了解症状模式对于有效的护理至关重要.
- 智能手机技术提供了新的数据收集方法.
研究的目的:
- 研究患有癌症的年轻成年人的症状模式.
- 探索症状的频率,严重程度和并发情况.
- 检查症状与日常活动之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 利用智能手机应用程序从161名患有癌症的年轻成年人中收集数据.
- 采用描述性统计,k-means聚类和关联规则技术.
- 应用混合效应逻辑回归来分析症状活动关系.
主要成果:
- 情绪障碍和疲劳是最常见和最严重的症状.
- 根据整体症状严重程度,出现了两个患者群.
- 严重的疲劳,食欲问题和恶心经常同时发生.
- 增加情绪障碍与减少身体和社会活动相关.
结论:
- 基于智能手机的症状跟踪为年轻成人癌症患者的经历提供了宝贵的见解.
- 确定了不同的症状集群和共同发生.
- 证明了心理症状对功能状态的影响.
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