The association between cancer-related fatigue and diabetes from pre-chemotherapy to 6 months post-chemotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To quantify the relationship between diabetes and fatigue from pre-chemotherapy to 6 months post-chemotherapy for women with breast cancer compared to women without a history of cancer (controls).

Methods

This was a secondary analysis from a nationwide prospective longitudinal study of female patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy and controls. Diabetes diagnosis (yes/no) was obtained at baseline, and cancer-related fatigue was measured using the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory (MFSI) pre-, post-, and 6 months post-chemotherapy in patients; controls were assessed at equivalent time points. Repeated measures mixed effects models estimated the association between fatigue and diabetes controlling for cancer (yes/no), body mass index, exercise and

SUBMITTER: Kleckner AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10079326 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature