Cheryl NekolaichukSummaryAffiliation: University of Alberta Country: Canada Publications
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The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System: a 15-year retrospective review of validation studies (1991--2006)Cheryl Nekolaichuk
Division of Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Palliat Med 22:111-22. 2008..The purpose of this review was to identify and critique validation studies focusing on the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS), a commonly used symptom assessment tool for advanced cancer and palliative patients...
A multicenter study comparing two numerical versions of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System in palliative care patientsSharon M Watanabe
Division of Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Pain Symptom Manage 41:456-68. 2011..Based on a "think-aloud" study of 20 advanced cancer patients, the ESAS was revised (ESAS-r)...
The Edmonton symptom assessment system--what do patients think?Sharon Watanabe
Department of Symptom Control and Palliative Care, Cross Cancer Institute, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1Z2, Canada
Support Care Cancer 17:675-83. 2009....
An international multicentre validation study of a pain classification system for cancer patientsRobin L Fainsinger
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Eur J Cancer 46:2896-904. 2010..We hypothesised that patients with problematic pain syndromes would require more time to achieve stable pain control, more complicated analgesic regimens and higher opioid doses than patients with less complex pain syndromes...
Is pain intensity a predictor of the complexity of cancer pain management?Robin L Fainsinger
Division of Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Canada
J Clin Oncol 27:585-90. 2009..We hypothesized that patients with moderate to severe CP would take longer to achieve stable pain control, use higher opioid doses, and require more complicated analgesic regimens than would patients with mild CP at initial assessment...
The Alberta Breakthrough Pain Assessment Tool for cancer patients: a validation study using a delphi process and patient think-aloud interviewsNeil A Hagen
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
J Pain Symptom Manage 35:136-52. 2008..Further validation of this tool as an assessment measure within clinical trials research is warranted...
Audit of resource utilization in a regional palliative care program using the Edmonton Classification System for Cancer Pain (ECS-CP)Pablo Amigo
J Palliat Med 11:816-8. 2008
