Establishing Cutoff Points for Defining Symptom Severity Using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised Japanese Version
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Establishing Cutoff Points for Defining Symptom Severity Using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised Japanese Version.
CONTEXT Symptom screening is important for appropriate symptom management. It remains uncertain as to which scores on the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised (ESAS-r) comprise the optimal cutoff points to determine symptom severity for Japanese cancer patients. OBJECTIVES To investigate optimal cutoff points for individual ESAS-r items for detecting symptom severity and to evaluate the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.09.011