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The relationship between learned resourcefulness and cancer-related fatigue in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Neveen Menshadi1, Yoram Bar-Tal, Sivia Barnoy
1Dina Academic School of Nursing, Rabin Medical Center, Clalit HMO, Petach Tikva, Israel.
Purpose/Objectives:
To investigate the effect of learned resourcefulness on fatigue symptoms in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) receiving chemotherapy.
Design:
Quasi-experimental with repeated measures.
Setting:
Two large hospitals in Israel.
Sample:
46 patients with NHL.
Methods:
On the first day of a cycle of chemotherapy treatment, participants completed questionnaires assessing fatigue and learned resourcefulness. Fatigue was assessed again after 10 and 21 days.
Main Research Variables:
Cancer-related fatigue, learned resourcefulness.
Findings:
Fatigue increased 10 days following chemotherapy treatment and returned to pretreatment levels at day 21. Learned resourcefulness correlated negatively with each of the three measurements of fatigue. In addition, a calculated partial correlation showed the specific effect of learned resourcefulness on chemotherapy-related fatigue.
Conclusions:
The findings showed a negative correlation between a physiologic variable (fatigue) and a psychological variable (learned resourcefulness), which is related to individual coping ability.
Implications For Nursing:
Nurses should receive education about learned resourcefulness to potentially help patients with cancer cope with chemotherapy-related fatigue.
Knowledge Translation:
As learned resourcefulness was negatively correlated with chemotherapy-related fatigue in patients with NHL, having this personality trait may help those patients manage fatigue.
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