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Available research on symptoms has focused on their prevalence or identification of clusters. Little is known about the central symptoms contributing to the maintenance of the whole system of symptoms or the mechanism of influence between symptoms, particularly between physical and psychosocial symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study used network analysis to explore symptom clusters among patients with terminal illnesses and identify the central symptoms, the bridge symptoms, and pathways between physical and psychosocial symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design and Setting\/Participants:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is a retrospective cohort study using baseline symptom assessment of 677 adults with terminal illnesses receiving care from the Integrated Community End-of-Life Care Support Teams.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Three symptom clusters were identified: physical, psychological, and practical clusters. \u201cWeakness or lack of energy\u201d was identified as the crucial symptom affecting the changes of other symptoms, followed by depression and anxiety. Three connections between the psychological and physical symptoms were identified: anxiety-pain, depression-constipation, and perceived family anxiety-poor appetite pathways. Pathways of practical concern-peace and practical concern-depression were indicated between practical and psychological symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study is the first of its kind to investigate the connections and mechanism of influence between symptoms among patients with terminal illnesses. 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