End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative Radiotherapy
Breathlessness, fatigue, and anxiety are distressing symptoms for patients with advanced lung cancer, however, they are not relieved by palliative RT and are often viewed as neglected areas of clinical practice. This paper aims to review definitions of, and explore patients’ experiences of, breathle...
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Chinese Anti-Cancer Association; Chinese Antituberculosis Association
2009-05-01
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| author | Y.Y. CHUI S.Y. CHAIR Carmen W.H. CHAN |
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| description | Breathlessness, fatigue, and anxiety are distressing symptoms for patients with advanced lung cancer, however, they are not relieved by palliative RT and are often viewed as neglected areas of clinical practice. This paper aims to review definitions of, and explore patients’ experiences of, breathlessness, fatigue, and anxiety. Further, it will outline existing approaches, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological, to treat them. Current treatments and perceptions of these symptoms will be discussed in the context of Hong Kong health care service. The review of literature also shows that breathlessness, fatigue and anxiety appears to have similar emotional origins. A contemporary approach of using a common pyschoeducational intervention to treat these symptoms together as a cluster in end of life care will be discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e13cd40911b4ef986f76cc74ba827182022-12-22T02:33:26ZzhoChinese Anti-Cancer Association; Chinese Antituberculosis AssociationChinese Journal of Lung Cancer1009-34191999-61872009-05-01125361368End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative RadiotherapyY.Y. CHUIS.Y. CHAIRCarmen W.H. CHANBreathlessness, fatigue, and anxiety are distressing symptoms for patients with advanced lung cancer, however, they are not relieved by palliative RT and are often viewed as neglected areas of clinical practice. This paper aims to review definitions of, and explore patients’ experiences of, breathlessness, fatigue, and anxiety. Further, it will outline existing approaches, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological, to treat them. Current treatments and perceptions of these symptoms will be discussed in the context of Hong Kong health care service. The review of literature also shows that breathlessness, fatigue and anxiety appears to have similar emotional origins. A contemporary approach of using a common pyschoeducational intervention to treat these symptoms together as a cluster in end of life care will be discussed.http://www.lungca.org/index.php?journal=01&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=10.3779%2Fj.issn.1009-3419.2009.05.018&path%5B%5D=813End of life carelung neoplasmsPalliative radiotherapyFatigueAnxietyBreathlessnessSymptom clusterPsychoeducational intervention |
| spellingShingle | Y.Y. CHUI S.Y. CHAIR Carmen W.H. CHAN End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative Radiotherapy Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer End of life care lung neoplasms Palliative radiotherapy Fatigue Anxiety Breathlessness Symptom cluster Psychoeducational intervention |
| title | End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative Radiotherapy |
| title_full | End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative Radiotherapy |
| title_fullStr | End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative Radiotherapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative Radiotherapy |
| title_short | End of Life Experience of Symptom Cluster and Their Management in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Lung Cancer Who Receive Palliative Radiotherapy |
| title_sort | end of life experience of symptom cluster and their management in hong kong chinese patients with lung cancer who receive palliative radiotherapy |
| topic | End of life care lung neoplasms Palliative radiotherapy Fatigue Anxiety Breathlessness Symptom cluster Psychoeducational intervention |
| url | http://www.lungca.org/index.php?journal=01&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=10.3779%2Fj.issn.1009-3419.2009.05.018&path%5B%5D=813 |
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