Current situation and influencing factors of symptom cluster in patients with primary brain tumor

    PAN Huaying，LUO Lingling，REN Jiali，ZHANG Zhou，SU Li，ZHAO Huiming，XIA Haoran，CHEN Ting，WANG YaliAffiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College，Sichuan 637000 ChinaCorresponding Author WANG Yali，E-mail：ya_liwang@163.com

    Abstract Objective：To investigate the symptoms of patients with primary brain tumor (PBT)， and to explore the types of symptom clusters and the factors affecting them.Methods：A total of 257 PBT patients who attended a comprehensive tertiary hospital in Sichuan Province from March to November 2022 were selected for the study. The questionnaire survey was conducted by using the general information questionnaire and the Chinese version of the Anderson Brain Tumor Symptom Assessment Scale;the symptom clusters were extracted by using the exploratory factor analysis method ......