@article{10818/35366, year = {2019}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10818/35366}, abstract = {Objective: To evaluate symptoms among patients with abdominal cancer and associated factors. Materials and methods: A cros-s-sectional study with 100 patients. The prevalence of symptoms was evaluated through the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS) and its association with demographic and clinical variables using chi-square and ANOVA tests. Results: The most prevalent symptoms were weight loss (64.0 %), pain (56.0 %), dry mouth (50.0 %), “I do not look more myself” (48.0 %) and lack of energy (45.0 %). There was a significant difference between sex and high-frequency (PHYS-H) (p = 0.001) and low-frequency (PHYS-L) physical symp-toms (p = 0.004), and for general scale (TMSAS) (p = 0.002); (p = 0.001), general range (p = 0.027) and borderline significance for the global scale (GDI) (p = 0.051); high-frequency physical symptoms (p = 0.022), low-frequency physical symptoms (p = 0.034) and the overall scale (p = 0.034). There was one major complaint regarding the severity of high-frequency physical symptoms in patients with liver cancer (p = 0.018). Conclusion: Symptoms of physical and psychological aspects in cancer patients were associated with gender, race, marital status and tumor location. There is a need for tools to assess symptoms and enable health professionals to intervene more effectively.}, publisher = {Universidad de La Sabana}, keywords = {Evaluación de síntomas}, keywords = {Oncología médica}, keywords = {Neoplasias abdominales}, keywords = {Encuestas y cuestionarios}, keywords = {Signos y síntomas}, title = {Global and Multidimensional Symptom Assessments in Patients Presenting Abdominal Neoplasms}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2019.19.1.4}, author = {Lira Pessoa de Souza, Ana Lucia and Freitas Martins, Thalyta Cássia de and Martins Pedrosa, Thais and Guimarães Ferreira da Silva, Daniela and Silva Potengy de Mello, Marianne Regina and Drumond Muzi, Camila and Mendonça Guimarães, Raphael}, }