Transitional Changes of Anxiety, Pain and Other Symptoms in Cancer Patients Admitted to a Palliative Care Unit, Evaluated Using the Support Team Assessment Schedule – Japanese Version

Association between physical symptoms and psychosocial difficulties of cancer patients has been reported widely. Nevertheless, the effects of pain and other symptom control on anxiety in such patients have not been investigated well. We investigated the association of improvement of pain and other symptoms with patient anxiety, and assessed factors associated with improvement of such symptoms.