[PDF] Top 20 The relationship of pain, uncertainty, and hope in Taiwanese lung cancer patients.

... Department of Health (T.-H.H.), Taipei; and National Central University ...Abstract The impact of cancer pain on the quality of life of lung ... See full document

... impact of cancer pain on the quality of life of lung cancer patients is obvious, but the relationship of cancer pain to ... See full document

... For patients with progressive life-threatening diseases, pain can add greatly to the debilitat- ing effects of the disease and foster hopeless- ness and ...31 ... See full document

... Abstract The purposes of this study were: 1) to compare performance status, mood states, and level of hope between patients with cancer pain and ... See full document

... purposes of this study were twofold: first, to examine the congruity of cancer pain perceptions between Taiwanese cancer patients and their family caregivers ... See full document

... Discussion The results of this study indicate that levels of pain have a negative impact on the levels of hope, mood status, and quality of ...life. ... See full document

... as the most accurate method for assessing adherence, 38 it was difficult to apply this method to cancer pa- tients of the current study because of the com- plicated medications ... See full document

... Therefore, the results should be interpreted with ...all the details about diagnostic disclosure that influence levels of hope, including contents of the disclosure, ... See full document

... explore the phenomenon of symptom distress, to investigate the presence of symptom clusters, and to examine the relationship of symptom clusters to symptom ... See full document

... with the treatment process and outcome is an important factor related to compliance with ...treatment of cancer pain has received much less research ...tinct relationship between ... See full document

... profiles of nucleosides in urine from cancer patients and normal controls were explored by PCA to assess the strength of the relationship between nucleoside ... See full document

... Abstract The purpose of the study was to develop and preliminarily test the feasibility, validity, reliability, and factor structures of the Pain Opioid ... See full document

... Abstract The purposes of this study were to explore the extent to which the practice of disclosing cancer diagnoses to patients is used in Taiwan, to examine ... See full document

... Abstract The purposes of this study were to explore the extent to which the practice of disclosing cancer diagnoses to patients is used in Taiwan, to examine ... See full document

... The purposes of this study were to explore the extent to which the practice of disclosing cancer diagnoses to patients is used in Taiwan, to examine the relation between cancer diagnos[r] ... See full document

... This pilot cross-sectional study aimed to 1) explore pain beliefs and adherence to prescribed analgesics in Taiwanese cancer patients, and 2) examine how selected pain beliefs, pain se[r] ... See full document

... Abstract Cancer pain is a subjective experience and has a major impact on patients' quality of ...However, in Taiwan, research examining cancer patients' ... See full document

... RESULTS: The major findings of this study are as follows: (1) overall, cancer patients had medium levels of hope; (2) patients who were aware of their own diagnosis reported significan[r] ... See full document

... Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, ...Taiwan. The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the effectiveness of a pain ... See full document

... total of 159 dyads of oncology outpatients and their primary family caregivers (n = 318) participated in this ...study. The instruments completed by patients consisted of ... See full document