PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: Through a randomized clinical trial, to compare @entity1 undergoing an initial course of chemotherapy who report @entity158 and @entity1295 at baseline and who are receiving conventional care alone with those receiving conventional care plus a nursing intervention on outcomes reported at 20 weeks. SETTING: Chemotherapy clinics of two comprehensive and two community @entity5 centers. METHODS: Interviews were conducted at baseline and 10 and 20 weeks. An 18-week, 10-contact nursing intervention utilizing problem-solving approaches to symptom management and improving physical functioning and emotional health was implemented. SAMPLE: The sample consisted of 53 @entity1 in the experimental arm and 60 in the control arm who reported @entity158 and @entity1295 at baseline. VARIABLES: @entity158 and @entity1295 , numbers of other symptoms, and physical role impact and social-functioning subscales from the Medical Outcomes Study 36 Short Form. FINDINGS: @entity1 who received the intervention reported a significant reduction in the number of symptoms experienced and improved physical and social functioning. Fewer @entity1 in the experimental arm reported both @entity158 and @entity1295 at 20 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: Behavioral interventions targeted to @entity1 with @entity158 and @entity1295 can reduce symptom burden, improve the quality of the daily life of @entity1 , and demonstrate the "value-added" role of nursing care for @entity1 undergoing chemotherapy. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: These data support the "value-added" role of nursing interventions for symptom management and improved quality of life during the course of @entity5 treatment.

XXXX and @entity1295 management: results of a nursing randomized clinical trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity1295 :: ('MESH:D005221', 'Disease') :: ['fatigue'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain', 'pain']
@entity158 :: (MESH:D010146,Disease) :: ['Pain']
