Symptom clustering in hospitalised older palliative cancer patients: A cross-sectional study.

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Accurate detection of symptoms is essential in palliative care. Identification of clustering of symptom is valuable to develop target interventions. This area is largely understudied in older palliative cancer patients.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int J Nurs Stud

Title: International journal of nursing studies

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-491X

ISSN (Print): 0020-7489

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2016

Volume: 61

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[1 ] University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Aurelie.VanLancker@UGent.be.

[2 ] University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

[3 ] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

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Publisher Item ID: S0020-7489(16)30057-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.05.010

PubMed ID: 27294861

SO-VID: 34d1096c-2f98-412d-9588-81495b42809f

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Keywords: Older patient,Clustering,Aged,Signs and symptoms,Neoplasms,Hospital

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Keywords: Older patient, Clustering, Aged, Signs and symptoms, Neoplasms, Hospital

Symptom clustering in hospitalised older palliative cancer patients: A cross-sectional study.

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