Symptom Clusters Predictive of Quality of Life Among Jordanian Women with Breast Cancer

Mohammad Al Qadire; Mahmoud Alsaraireh; Khaled Alomari; Khaldoun M Aldiabat; Sulaiman Al-Sabei; Omar Al-Rawajfah; Ma'en Aljezawi

doi:10.1016/j.soncn.2021.151144

Symptom Clusters Predictive of Quality of Life Among Jordanian Women with Breast Cancer

Mohammad Al Qadire, Mahmoud Alsaraireh, Khaled Alomari, Khaldoun M Aldiabat, Sulaiman Al-Sabei, Omar Al-Rawajfah, Ma'en Aljezawi

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to explore symptom clusters among women with breast cancer in Jordan.

DATA SOURCES: A cross-sectional survey of 516 women with breast cancer who were recruited from three hospitals.

CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that women with breast cancer experienced several symptoms at the same time. These symptoms tend to cluster in five main groups, and patients experiencing the psychological, nausea and vomiting, and pain clusters are expected to have a lower mean score of quality of life.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Nurses need to assess and manage symptoms as clusters to improve the quality of life of women with breast cancer. Symptoms clusters should guide symptoms management practice and be given a priority equal to the active treatment of cancer. Symptoms management and cancer treatment should be started simultaneously.

Original language	English
Article number	151144
Pages (from-to)	151144
Journal	Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume	37
Issue number	2
Early online date	Mar 24 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2021.151144
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Breast cancer
Cluster
Jordan
Quality of life
Symptoms
Women
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Nausea
Breast Neoplasms
Syndrome
Quality of Life
Female

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oncology(nursing)

UN SDGs

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