The prevalence and correlates of fatigue in patients receiving treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy; A comparison with the fatigue experienced by healthy individuals
作者:
Diane Irvine,
Leslie Vincent,
Jane Graydon,
Natalie Bubela,
Leslee Thompson,
期刊:
Cancer Nursing
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 5
页码: 367-378
ISSN:0162-220X
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Fatigue can be a prevalent and serious problem for the individual with cancer and can negatively impact on the individual's quality of life. Little is known about the prevalence of clinical fatigue among patients with cancer and how the fatigue cancer patient's experience compares with the fatigue people experience as a function of their normal daily activities. This study, which utilized a control group, investigated the prevalence of fatigue among patients receiving treatment with radiotherapy (n = 54) and chemotherapy (n = 47) over two measurement points. The level of fatigue experienced by cancer patients was compared with the level of fatigue experienced by apparently healthy auxiliary staff (n = 53) working at three cancer treatment facilities. There were no differences in the mean level of fatigue experienced by cancer patients and the mean level experienced by healthy controls before the start of cancer treatment.
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