Symptom Clusters and Quality of Life in Cervical Cancer Patients During the Perioperative Period: A Longitudinal Study
Juan Yang, Yuting Zhang, Yaru Wu, Yuting Wang, Ling Chen, Chunyan Xu · 2026
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Juan Yang and co-authors follow, in a 2026 longitudinal study, how symptom groups and quality of life change around surgery in women with cervical cancer. They tracked 183 patients at a hospital in northwestern China from admission through the days after their operations.
Using symptom and quality-of-life questionnaires at three time points, the team found five symptom clusters, covering pain and fatigue, mood, hot flashes and nerve symptoms, digestion, and low energy. Most clusters peaked one to three days after surgery and then eased, while quality of life dipped and only partly recovered. Worse cluster scores went with worse quality of life, which supports watching symptoms as shifting groups rather than one by one.
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| CREATOR | Juan Yang, Yuting Zhang, Yaru Wu, Yuting Wang, Ling Chen, Chunyan Xu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55046 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |