Trajectory of psychosocial symptoms among home care patients with cancer at end-of-life.

Hsien-Yeang SeowTara StevensLisa C BarberaFred BurgeKimberlyn McGrailKelvin K W ChanStuart J PeacockRinku SutradharDawn M Guthrie

Published in: Psycho-oncology (2020)

In this large home care cancer cohort, trajectories of psychosocial symptoms worsened close to death. Physical symptoms, such as uncontrolled pain, were associated with having worse psychosocial symptoms at end of life.

Keyphrases

mental health
sleep quality
chronic pain
depressive symptoms
spinal cord injury
spinal cord