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Fatigue in cancer survivors--prevalence and correlates
Susanne Kuhnt1, Jochen Ernst, Susanne Singer
1Selbständige Abteilung für Sozialmedizin, Universität Leipzig, Germany. Susanne.kuhnt@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Background:
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and influencing factors of fatigue in cancer survivors.
Patients And Methods:
646 cancer survivors completed the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20), in addition to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Quality Of Life questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30), the subscale 'social support' of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale (FACT), the Perceived Adjustment to Chronic Illness Scale (PACIS), and a questionnaire containing items on demographic and clinical data.
Results:
36% of cancer survivors suffer from moderate, 12% from severe fatigue. Fatigue was significantly associated with depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, adjustment to the illness, pain, dyspnoea, age, lacking social support, and sex. Other socio-demographic, cancer-related, and treatment-related factors had no influence on fatigue.
Conclusion:
Fatigue in cancer survivors is strongly linked to physical and psychological aspects.
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