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| Title |
Predictors of fatigue in cancer patients before and after chemotherapy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Health Psychology, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1177/1359105313477675 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maria M Pertl, David Hevey, Sonya Collier, Kathryn Lambe, Anne-Marie O’Dwyer |
| Abstract |
Fatigue is a debilitating and common condition in cancer patients. This study examined pretreatment predictors of fatigue before chemotherapy and also assessed whether these could prospectively predict fatigue posttreatment. A total of 100 patients completed questionnaires assessing psychological factors, physical activity and sleep. A subsample of 26 participants wore actigraphs to objectively assess sleep/wake and activity/rest. Fatigue was measured pretreatment and posttreatment and at follow-up several months later. Greater pretreatment pain, depression, stress and sleep disruption significantly predicted greater fatigue before chemotherapy, explaining 55 percent of the variance. Pretreatment fatigue significantly predicted post-treatment fatigue. No other significant prospective predictors of posttreatment fatigue emerged. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Researcher | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 17 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 15 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Sports and Recreations | 2 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 19 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 April 2013.
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