Classification of the development trajectory of symptom distress and core influencing factors in patients with advanced lung cancer undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy based on the latent variable mixed growth model
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Classification of the development trajectory of symptom distress and core influencing factors in patients with advanced lung cancer undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy based on the latent variable mixed growth model
Journal of Chongqing Medical UniversityVol. 51, Issue 10, Pages: 1434-1440(2026)
Zou Xia,Li Haixiang,Wang Xiying,et al.Classification of the development trajectory of symptom distress and core influencing factors in patients with advanced lung cancer undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy based on the latent variable mixed growth model[J].Journal of Chongqing Medical University,2026,51(10):1434-1440.
Zou Xia,Li Haixiang,Wang Xiying,et al.Classification of the development trajectory of symptom distress and core influencing factors in patients with advanced lung cancer undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy based on the latent variable mixed growth model[J].Journal of Chongqing Medical University,2026,51(10):1434-1440.DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.004120.
Classification of the development trajectory of symptom distress and core influencing factors in patients with advanced lung cancer undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy based on the latent variable mixed growth model
To investigate the classification of the development trajectory of symptom distress in patients with advanced-stage lung cancer undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy,and to identify core influencing factors.
Methods
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A total of 400 patients who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy in Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital,Jinan University,from December 2021 to December 2024 were enrolled. Symptom Distress Scale(SDS) was used to assess the development trajectory of symptom distress before treatment(T1) and after 1,3,and 5 weeks of treatment(T2,T3,and T4,respectively),and growth mixture modeling was used to determine the optimal number of trajectory categories,which were subsequently labeled. The univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify the core influencing factors for the differences in trajectories of symptom distress.
Results
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Among the 400 patients,380 patients with valid data were included for analysis. The results showed that the symptom evolution pattern of the 380 patients could be classified into three categories through latent class analysis,i.e.,a low-and-stable symptom distress trajectory in 98 patients(25.79%),a moderate-but-escalating symptom distress trajectory in 172 patients (45.26%),and a high-and-stable symptom distress trajectory in 110 patients(28.95%). The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the severity of toxic and side effects,self-nursing ability,family care,and social support were all core influencing factors for the differences in symptom distress trajectories among patients,and such differences were statistically significant(
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Conclusion
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The development trajectory of symptom distress shows certain heterogeneity in patients with advanced lung cancer during concurrent chemoradiotherapy,and there are different influencing factors between the patients with different trajectories. Medical staff can establish a multi-dimensional support system to alleviate symptom distress and improve treatment compliance and quality of life of patients.
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