Toward a behavioral assessment of anticipatory symptoms associated with cancer chemotherapy. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A tripartite assessment of nine patients experiencing either pretreatment nausea and vomiting, pretreatment nausea or posttreatment nausea and vomiting only was conducted. Three consistent patterns of response emerged: (1) patients with pretreatment nausea and vomiting reported elevated levels of nausea and anxiety and demonstrated increased levels of physiological arousal; (2) patients with pretreatment nausea reported elevated levels of nausea and anxiety but showed no evidence of increased physiological arousal; and (3) patients with posttreatment symptoms only evidenced low levels on all measures. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that a continuum of responses exists in patients undergoing chemotherapy ranging from no pre- or posttreatment symptoms to pretreatment nausea and vomiting.

publication date

  • June 1, 1984

Research

keywords

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0021262991

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0005-7916(84)90009-0

PubMed ID

  • 6480870

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 15

issue

  • 2