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Interventions for the management of fatigue in adults with a primary brain tumour

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, April 2016
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Title
Interventions for the management of fatigue in adults with a primary brain tumour
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, April 2016
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd011376.pub2
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Julia Day, Shlomit Yust‐Katz, David Cachia, Jeffrey Wefel, Lior H Katz, Ivo W. Tremont Lukats, Helen Bulbeck, Terri Armstrong, Alasdair G Rooney

Abstract

Fatigue is a common and disabling symptom in people with a primary brain tumour (PBT). The effectiveness of interventions for treating clinically significant levels of fatigue in this population is unclear. To assess the effectiveness and safety of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for adults with PBT and high levels of fatigue. In March 2016, we searched the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, PsycINFO and CINAHL and checked the reference lists of included studies. We also searched relevant conference proceedings, searched for ongoing trials via ClinicalTrials.gov and contacted major co-operative groups with trials in this area. We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated any pharmacological or non-pharmacological intervention in adults with PBT and fatigue, where fatigue was the primary outcome measure. We restricted inclusion specifically to studies that enrolled only participants with clinically significant levels of fatigue. Three review authors (JD, SYK, DC) independently evaluated search results, extracted data from selected studies and carried out a bias risk assessment. We extracted data on fatigue, cognition, mood, quality of life and adverse events outcomes. We identified nine studies. We excluded eight of these as they did not restrict participation to people with high fatigue. The single eligible trial investigated the use of modafinil compared to placebo. Although this study found a significant improvement over time in the primary outcome of fatigue, the improvement occurred after both modafinil and placebo with no significant difference in response between the two groups. The included trial did not reach its planned recruitment target and therefore may not, in practice, have been adequately powered to detect a difference. The trial was at a low risk of bias across most areas. There was an unclear risk of bias related to the use of mean imputation because the investigators did not analyse the impact of imputation on the results. There was insufficient evidence to draw reliable and generalisable conclusions regarding potential effectiveness or harm of any pharmacological or non-pharmacological treatments for fatigue in people with PBT. More research is needed on how best to treat people with brain tumours with high fatigue.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 171 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 33 19%
Student > Bachelor 22 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 13 8%
Researcher 9 5%
Other 28 16%
Unknown 51 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 49 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 22 13%
Psychology 21 12%
Social Sciences 6 4%
Sports and Recreations 4 2%
Other 13 8%
Unknown 56 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 26 July 2016.
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#14,657,487
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#9,845
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#150,895
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Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#214
of 245 outputs
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