Abril - 2017

atient

oncerns

nventory

for

head

and

neck

cancer

: B

razilian

cultural

adaptation

ssoc

ras

2017; 63(4):311-319

315

FIGURE 1

Patient Concerns Inventory issues selected most frequently by patients.

Professional care at home

Spiritual/religious aspects

Dependents/children

Regret about treatment

Lifestyle (smoking, alcohol)

Support for my family

Wound healing

Intimacy

Indigestion

Personality and temperament

Angry

Vomiting/sickness

Nausea

Coping strategies to face the treatment and disease

Relationships

Recreation

Caregiver

Regurgitation

Sexuality

Mobility

Mood

Swelling

Energy levels

Depression

Bowel habit

Self-esteem

Probe for nutrition

Lots of salivation

Financial benefits

Olfaction (sense of smell)

Mouth sores

Sleeping

Pain in head and neck

Physical activity

Memory

Breathing

Audition

Shoulders

Mouth opening

Appetite

Appearance

Weight loss

Phlegm/secretion

Pain elsewhere

Cancer treatment

Coughing

Fear of unfavorable events

Taste (sense of flavor)

Fatigue/tiredness

Anxiety

Dental health/teeth

Swallowing

Speech/voice/being understood

Chewing/eating

Dry mouth

Fear of cancer coming back

Frequency (percent)