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To assess the validity of the translated Spanish Cancer Symptom Scale. Instruments to facilitate comprehensive and objective assessments of the cancer symptom experience in underrepresented populations are essential. The Cancer Symptom Scale was translated into Spanish, and a back translation was conducted. During June 2016, a sample of 121 Hispanic Puerto Rican patients with any cancer diagnosis, all undergoing cancer treatments, completed four paper surveys.
To describe differences in fatigue severity in a sample of adult Puerto Rican patients during and postcancer treatments. Hispanics, including Puerto Ricans, are an understudied population who are under‐represented in clinical trials, especially in symptom research. Although symptom management is a clinical priority in oncology care, treatment‐related differences in Puerto Rican cancer patients’ report of fatigue severity have not been well described.
Although symptoms during cancer treatments are prevalent and are important clinical outcomes of childhood cancer, the symptom experiences of Puerto Rican children along with the symptom alleviation/care practices that parents provide during cancer treatments have received limited attention.
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