Factors Related to Paclitaxel Hypersensitivity Among Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy at Outpatient Chemotherapy Unit 1 Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital

Authors

  • Kamjad Puanfai Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital
  • Nattaya Suwankruhasn Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University
  • Khwanfa Tantiwut Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital

Keywords:

Hypersensitivity, Lung cancer, Paclitaxel, Chemotherapy

Abstract

Patients with lung cancer who receive Paclitaxel chemotherapy are more likely to develop hypersensitivity while receiving this drug. Nurses have a role in assessing and monitoring the occurrence of hypersensitivity during drug administration. This retrospective chart review study examined factors related to Paclitaxel hypersensitivity among lung cancer patients who received chemotherapy from January 2014 to December 2019. The sample consisted of 240 patients with lung cancer who received Paclitaxel chemotherapy; 56 experienced Paclitaxel hypersensitivity, and 184 did not develop a hypersensitive reaction. Data were analyzed by chi-square correlation and logistic regression.
The results showed that factors related to Paclitaxel hypersensitivity were gender, age, and cycle of chemotherapy (p = .009, p = .021 and p < .001). Females were 2.81 times more likely to develop hypersensitive reaction than males (95% CI 1.29 – 6.11). People over 60 were 2.60 times more likely to develop a hypersensitive reaction than those under 60 (95% CI 1.15 – 5.86). Those who received cycle 1 were 5.67 times more likely to develop a hypersensitive reaction than those who received cycle 3 (95% CI 1.80 - 17.89), and those who received cycle 2 were 34.39 times more likely than those who received cycle 3 (95% CI 12.41 - 95.33).
Findings from this study provide information for nurses to assess monitoring and to develop a screening tool for hypersensitivity while receiving Paclitaxel chemotherapy.

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2022-03-31

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Puanfai, K., Suwankruhasn, N., & Tantiwut, K. (2022). Factors Related to Paclitaxel Hypersensitivity Among Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy at Outpatient Chemotherapy Unit 1 Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital. Nursing Journal CMU, 49(1), 238–251. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/cmunursing/article/view/255704

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