作者
Gillian Prue, James Allen, Jacqueline Gracey, Jane Rankin, Fiona Cramp
发表日期
2010/2/1
期刊
Journal of pain and symptom management
卷号
39
期号
2
页码范围
197-210
出版商
Elsevier
简介
CONTEXT
Research has indicated that individuals with gynecological cancer experience severe fatigue.
OBJECTIVES
This longitudinal survey aimed to analyze the fatigue experienced over the course of one year by a gynecological cancer population, to determine if the fatigue was more severe than that reported by females without cancer, and to identify variables associated with cancer-related fatigue (CRF).
METHODS
Data were collected over a 12-month period before, during, and after anticancer treatment. Fatigue was assessed using the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form. Participants with cancer also completed the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist.
RESULTS
Sixty-five cancer patients (mean age = 57.4 years, standard deviation [SD] = 13.9) and 60 control subjects (mean age = 55.4 years, SD = 13.6) participated. Descriptive analysis and repeated measurements modeling indicated that …
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