Authors
Chintan Pandya, Allison Magnuson, Marie Flannery, Jason Zittel, Paul Duberstein, Kah Poh Loh, Erika Ramsdale, Nikesha Gilmore, William Dale, Supriya G Mohile
Publication date
2019/5
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Volume
67
Issue
5
Pages
998-1004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Description
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the independent association between symptom burden and physical function impairment in older adults with cancer.
DESIGN
Cross‐sectional.
SETTING
Two university‐based geriatric oncology clinics.
PARTICIPANTS
Patients with cancer aged 65 years or older who underwent evaluation with geriatric assessment (GA).
MEASUREMENTS
Symptom burden was measured as a summary score of severity ratings (range = 0‐10) of 10 commonly reported symptoms using a Clinical Symptom Inventory (CSI). Functional impairment was defined as the presence of one or more impairments of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), any significant physical activity limitation on the Medical Outcomes Survey (MOS), one or more recent falls in the previous 6 months, or a Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) score of 9 or less. Multivariate analysis evaluated the association …
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