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Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-sphenoidal Approach: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas
Published on: January 17, 2018
The fatigue, sleep and physical activity in postoperative patients with pituitary adenoma: what we can do
Xin Zhao1, Ting Wang1, Guixiao Sheng1
1School of Nursing, Medical Department, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
Background:
To evaluate the current status of fatigue, sleep and physical activity in postoperative patients with pituitary adenoma (PA).
Methods:
Postoperative patients undergoing PA resection from November 2017 to November 2018 were identified. A multi-centered survey was conducted with questionnaires on the characteristics of included PA patients, multidimensional fatigue inventory (MFI-20), the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) questionnaire, and the international physical activity (IPA) questionnaire. The related scores and potentially influencing factors were analyzed accordingly.
Results:
A total of 184 patients were included. The time course after operation, PSQI were correlated with the scores of general fatigue, physical fatigue, reduced activity and reduced motivation (all P<0.05); PSQI and IPA, the time course after operation and gender were the independent factors associated with the level of general fatigue (all P<0.05); PSQI, IPA and the time course after operation, adenoma size and gender were the independent factors influencing the level of physical fatigue (all P<0.05); the time course after operation, IPA, PSQI and gender were the independent factor influencing the level of reduced activity (all P<0.05); the time course after operation, IPA, PSQI and adenoma size were the independent factor influencing the level of reduced motivation (all P<0.05); the time course after operation was the independent factor influencing the level of mental motivation (P=0.030).
Conclusions:
Fatigue in PA patients after surgery is inversely associated with the time course after surgery and physical activity, future studies on the related interventions are warranted.
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