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. 2022 Jul;30(7):5871-5879.
doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-06997-5. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, and Vomiting as the Predictors of Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study

Nilofar Pasyar  1 , Masoume Rambod  2 , Fatemeh Zahedi  3 , Mani Ramzi  4
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Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, and Vomiting as the Predictors of Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study

Nilofar Pasyar et al. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

The primary outcome was to assess the correlation between anxiety and pain, fatigue, nausea, and vomiting. The secondary outcome was to determine the predictive roles of pain, fatigue, nausea, and vomiting in anxiety among patients undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). The present prospective cohort study was conducted on 200 patients treated by HSCT referred to the centers affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The data were collected using Spielberger Anxiety Questionnaire, Numerical Pain Scale, Brief Fatigue Inventory, and Rhodes Nausea and Vomiting Index. The data were analyzed using Spearman's test and multiple regression analysis. The means of state anxiety, trait anxiety, pain, fatigue, and nausea, vomiting, and retching were 41.67 (SD = 9.71), 43.78 (SD = 9.00), 3.79 (SD = 2.79), 4.23 (SD = 2.48), and 6.31 (SD = 7.53), respectively. The results showed that the participants with higher pain and fatigue scores had higher anxiety levels. Those with more nausea and vomiting had higher anxiety levels, as well. This indicated that fatigue, pain, severity and frequency of nausea, and type of HSCT were the predictors of trait anxiety. The results also showed the predictor role of pain, fatigue, and type of HSCT in state anxiety. The findings revealed a correlation between anxiety and pain, fatigue, nausea, and vomiting among the HSCT patients. The results also showed fatigue and pain as the predictors of anxiety among these patients. Yet, future studies are recommended to determine the other factors contributing to anxiety amongst HSCT patients.

Keywords: Anxiety; Fatigue; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Nausea; Pain; Vomiting.

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Conflict of interest statement

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Figures

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The HSCT patients’ state anxiety levels
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The HSCT patients’ trait anxiety levels
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