Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 604-616 , June 2008

Impact of Cancer-Related Symptom Synergisms on Health-Related Quality of Life and Performance Status

  • Karine A.S.L. Ferreira, BSN, PhD (C)

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Department of Clinical Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo
    • Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Karine Azevedo São Leão Ferreira, BSN, University of Sao Paulo, School of Nursing, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, R. Coronel Camisão 409, Apartment 72, Butantã, São Paulo, SP-Brazil 05590-120.
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  • Miako Kimura, BSN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Department of Clinical Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo
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  • Manoel J. Teixeira, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo
    • Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Tito R. Mendoza, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Symptom Research, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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  • Jose Cláudio M. da Nóbrega, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo
    • Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Silvia R. Graziani, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Teresa Yae Takagaki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonology, Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

,Accepted 25 July 2007.

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    Classification and Regression Tree (CART). (a) CART derived tree of performance status; (b) CART derived tree of physical HRQOL; (c) CART derived tree of role functioning; (d) CART derived tree of cog

    Classification and Regression Tree (CART). (a) CART derived tree of performance status; (b) CART derived tree of physical HRQOL; (c) CART derived tree of role functioning; (d) CART derived tree of cognitive HRQOL; (e) CART derived tree of social HRQOL; and (f) CART derived tree of general HRQOL.

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    Classification and Regression Tree (CART). (a) CART derived tree of performance status; (b) CART derived tree of physical HRQOL; (c) CART derived tree of role functioning; (d) CART derived tree of cog

    Classification and Regression Tree (CART). (a) CART derived tree of performance status; (b) CART derived tree of physical HRQOL; (c) CART derived tree of role functioning; (d) CART derived tree of cognitive HRQOL; (e) CART derived tree of social HRQOL; and (f) CART derived tree of general HRQOL.

 This research was supported by FAPESP through a doctoral scholarship in Cancer Pain Nursing (N. 04/14747-1) and a research grant (N. 05/53958-0), Sao Paulo, Brazil.

PII: S0885-3924(08)00055-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.07.010

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 604-616 , June 2008

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