Factors Associated With Symptom Burden Among Pediatric Patients With Cancer
Total symptom burden was reduced by time, intervention (symptom screening and care pathways), and greater physician staffing ratio. Females had higher symptom burden. These data may inform programmatic implementation of routine symptom screening in pediatric patients with cancer.
Authors
- Alexandra Walsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6261-8357)
- Adam P. Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8300-3095)
- Emily Vettese
- Farha Sherani
- Emi Caywood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2873-6058)
- Allison A. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1951-6176)
- Etan Orgel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1487-6818)
- Wade Kyono
- Michael Roth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6411-8353)
- Lisa M. Klesges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6237-4743)
- Scott M. Bradfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8344-4365)
- Jenna Demedis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5191-7511)
- Melissa Beauchemin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4058-1586)
- George Tomlinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9328-6399)
- Andrea D. Orsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1147-6851)
- Vibhuti Agarwal
- Christina Baggott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3581-4472)
- L. Lee Dupuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-1061)
- Lolie C. Yu
- R. Nagasubramanian
- Adam J. Esbenshade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-4996)
- David S. Dickens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8821-6022)
- Allison Grimes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5729-2778)
- Lillian Sung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-3091)
- David R. Freyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5280-990X)
- Kara M. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1473-3937)
- Catherine C. Aftandilian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9775-2839)
- Nicole Crellin‐Parsons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2835-1594)
- Wendy Woods (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6280-5360)
- Daniel Cannone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6923-4919)
Institutions
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children (US)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (IN)
- Children's Hospital Colorado (US)
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center (US)
- University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital (US)
- Nemours Children's Health System (US)
- Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (US)
- Driscoll Children's Hospital (US)
- Blank Children's Hospital (US)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Nemours Children's Clinic (US)
- Nemours Children's Clinic (US)
- Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU (US)
- New York University (US)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JCO Oncology Practice
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/op-25-00244
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49