Cancer-Related Fatigue in Adolescents and Young Adults After Cancer Treatment: Persistent and Poorly Managed

Cancer-related fatigue is the most prevalent and distressing symptom experienced by adolescents and young adults (AYAs). An electronic survey was undertaken to ascertain current fatigue management and perceptions of its effectiveness. Eighty-five percent of responders (68/80) experienced fatigue, an...

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Autores principales: Spathis, Anna, Hatcher, Helen, Booth, Sara, Gibson, Faith, Stone, Paddy, Abbas, Laura, Barclay, Matt, Brimicombe, James, Thiemann, Pia, McCabe, Martin G., Campsey, Rachel, Hooker, Louise, Moss, Wendy, Robson, Jane, Barclay, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2017
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5649403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28714766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2017.0037
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Sumario:Cancer-related fatigue is the most prevalent and distressing symptom experienced by adolescents and young adults (AYAs). An electronic survey was undertaken to ascertain current fatigue management and perceptions of its effectiveness. Eighty-five percent of responders (68/80) experienced fatigue, and it was worse more than 1 year after cancer treatment ended, compared to <1 year (p = 0.007). Forty-one percent received no fatigue management. Although advice to exercise was the most frequent intervention, the greatest impact of fatigue was on the ability to exercise and most did not find exercise advice helpful. Early intervention is warranted, supporting AYAs to persevere with increasing activity.

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