Correlation between Muscle Strength, Symptom Scale and Functionality of Oncology Patients in Palliative Care
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: The world estimates indicate that at each year, 56.8 million individuals require palliative care, of which 28.2% are patients with malignant neoplasms who need palliative care in adulthood. Objective: To assess the symptoms and functionality of oncology inpatients receiving palliative care and correlate with muscle strength. Method: Analytical cross-sectional study with inpatients, including all eligible patients during the study period who were epidemiologically evaluated in addition to the application of three scales: ESAS (Edmonton Symptom Assessment System), PPS (Palliative Performance Status) and FIM (Functional Independence Measure) and muscle strength test using a hydraulic dynamometer. Results: 53% were under 60 years old, 66% were women. According to FIM, the mean was 96, revealing a preserved functionality of 76.19% of the potential maintained, PPS reached a mean of 54, and muscle strength and ESAS exposed a below-standard mean. There was a correlation for dynamometry and ESAS in males, dynamometry and PPS in females, dynamometry and FIM in females and dynamometry and ESAS in patients who did not undergo chemotherapy. Conclusion: It was found a positive correlation between the functional scales and dynamometry for women. In addition, men showed greater muscle strength as greater were the symptoms, like the patients who did not undergo chemotherapy.
Institution: Universidade Federal do Pará
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7213942178