Purpose/Objectives: To investigate clinical subgroups using an empirically identified psychoneurologic symptom cluster (depressed mood, cognitive disturbance, fatigue, insomnia, and pain) and to examine the differences among subgroups in the selected demographic and clinical variables, as well as...

Purpose/Objectives: To derive symptom clusters and their clinical meanings in Chinese patients with primary liver cancer (PLC), to examine the factors related to the identified symptom clusters, and to validate the impact of the identified symptom clusters on patients' quality of life (QOL). Design...

Purpose/Objectives: To review how gastrointestinal (GI)symptoms are represented within symptom clusters in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy. Data Sources: MedLINE®, PsycINFO, and CINAHL®. Data Synthesis: Forty-two symptom clusters containing a GI component emerged. Only four clusters...

Purpose/Objectives: To identify symptom clusters in older adult breast cancer survivors (ages 65-97 years) and examine whether symptom clusters are related to demographic, health, and quality-of-life variables. Design: Factor analysis to identify possible symptom clusters. The resulting clusters...