Identification of subgroups of patients with gastrointestinal cancers based on symptom severity and frequency: A latent profile and latent class analysis

Identify subgroups of patients with gastrointestinal cancer with different frequency and severity of symptoms and assess differences in demographics, clinical characteristics, and degree of interference with daily life. This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 202 patients with gastrointestinal...

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Published in:European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society 2024-02, Vol.68, p.102479-102479, Article 102479
Main Authors: Wang, Ke, Diao, Min, Yang, Zhaoxia, Liu, Mengjia, Salvador, Jordan Tovera
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cross-Sectional Studies
Esophageal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Gastrointestinal cancer
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Humans
Latent Class Analysis
Latent profile analysis
Stomach Neoplasms
Symptom distress
Symptoms
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Summary:Identify subgroups of patients with gastrointestinal cancer with different frequency and severity of symptoms and assess differences in demographics, clinical characteristics, and degree of interference with daily life. This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 202 patients with gastrointestinal cancers completed the Chinese version of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory for Gastrointestinal Cancer Module by convenience sampling. Subgroups of patients were identified using latent profile analysis and latent class analysis. Chi-squared, Mann-Whitney-U, and Kruskal-Wallis tests assessed differences among subgroups. In terms of symptom severity, low (70.3%), Moderate (13.4%), and high (16.3%) classes were identified. Compared with the other two classes, the Moderate group had a higher proportion of patients with a history of tobacco and alcohol, esophageal cancer, and gastric cancer (P 
ISSN:1462-3889
1532-2122
DOI:10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102479