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Validation of a sternal skin conductance criterion for measuring hot flashes in breast cancer patients.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Savard, Marie-Hélène Savard, Josée Ivers, Hans |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE This study aimed to establish the sternal skin conductance level (SCL) increase that would optimally detect hot flashes among breast cancer patients. METHODS Fifty-six women who had completed a similar treatment protocol for a first diagnosis of breast cancer within the previous 3 months wore an ambulatory sternal skin conductance device for one home-based daytime recording of hot flashes. RESULTS A total of 199 hot flashes were reported by the participants using the event marker. A 2-μS (μmho) SCL increase within a 30-second period, the criterion typically used, had a sensitivity of only 32% and a specificity of 97%. Comparatively, the alternative criterion proposed here, a 1.2-μmho SCL increase, yielded a sensitivity of 61% and a specificity of 90%. CONCLUSIONS This study provides evidence that a lower SCL criterion should be used to better detect objectively recorded hot flashes among breast cancer patients. Further work is needed to validate the proposed criterion among this population. |
| Starting Page | 1261 |
| Ending Page | 1264 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.recherchesoinspalliatifs.ca/fra/documents/Affiche-WorldCongressoftheInternationalMenopauseSocietyMay2014CancunMexique.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 23695506v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1097/GME.0b013e3182947af3 |
| DOI | 10.1097/gme.0b013e3182947af3 |
| Journal | Menopause |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Dermatologic disorders Hot flushes Mammary Neoplasms Patients |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
