The development of the Chemotherapy Symptom Assessment Scale (C-SAS): a scale for the routine clinical assessment of the symptom experiences of patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy

Authors
Brown, V Sitzia, J Richardson, A Hughes, J Hannon, H Oakley, C
Citation
V. Brown et al., The development of the Chemotherapy Symptom Assessment Scale (C-SAS): a scale for the routine clinical assessment of the symptom experiences of patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy, INT J NURS, 38(5), 2001, pp. 497-510
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
ISSN journal
00207489 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
497 - 510
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7489(200110)38:5<497:TDOTCS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The management of symptoms experienced by patients receiving cytotoxic chem otherapy influences quality of life during treatment, Symptom management ma y be improved through a structured approach to symptom assessment. This pap er describes the development of the Chemotherapy Symptom Assessment Scale ( C-SAS), a 24-item scale designed for the routine assessment of symptoms exp erienced by patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy. The scale developmen t process focused both upon the psychometric properties and the clinical us efulness of the scale. Patients and health professionals played a significa nt role in item selection and scale design in order to maximise the clinica l utility of the C-SAS. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.