PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To determine differences in @entity158 characteristics, mood states, and quality of life (QOL) in outpatients with different types of @entity5 (i.e., somatic, visceral, or @entity1109 ) compared to outpatients who were @entity158 -free. DESIGN: Descriptive, comparative. SETTING: Sixteen outpatient facilities that are part of the Oncology Nursing Research Network. SAMPLE: A convenience sample of 129 outpatients who experienced @entity5 and 169 @entity158 -free @entity1 , all of whom were actively being treated for @entity5 . METHODS: All @entity1 completed a demographic questionnaire, the Multidimensional Quality of Life Scale-Cancer, and the Profile of Mood States, @entity1 with @entity158 completed a @entity5 Questionnaire and the McGill Pain Questionnaire. @entity1 ' medical records were reviewed. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Types of @entity5 (i.e., somatic visceral, or @entity1109 ), @entity158 intensity, @entity158 duration, quality of @entity158 , QOL, and mood states. FINDINGS: No differences were found in any @entity158 characteristics or any @entity158 indices from the word descriptors of the McGill Pain Questionnaire. @entity1 with somatic and @entity3825 had significantly higher fatigue scores than @entity158 -free @entity1 . In addition, @entity1 with somatic and @entity3825 had significantly lower physical well-being, nutrition, and total QOL scores and more symptom distress than @entity158 -free @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: The type of @entity5 appears to influence the mood states and QOL of outpatients with @entity5 . IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Oncology nurses need fo determine the type of @entity158 the @entity1 is experiencing and the impact of the @entity158 on the @entity1 's mood and QOL.

Differences in outcomes among XXXX experiencing different types of @entity5 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['Cancer Pain', 'cancer-related pain', 'cancer'] @entity3825 :: ('MESH:D059265', 'Disease') :: ['visceral pain'] @entity1109 :: ('MESH:D012678', 'Disease') :: ['neuropathic'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
