The definitions, assessment, and dimensions of cancer-related fatigue: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is challenging to diagnose and manage due to a lack of consensus on its definition and assessment. The objective of this scoping review is to summarize how CRF has been defined and assessed in adult patients with cancer worldwide.

Methods

Four databases (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL Plus, PsycNet) were searched to identify eligible original research articles published in English over a 10-year span (2010-2020); CRF was required to be a primary outcome and described as a dimensional construct. Each review phase was piloted: title and abstract screening, full-text screening, and data extraction. Then, two independent reviewers participated in each review phase, and discrepancies were resolved by a third party.

Results

2923 articles were sc

SUBMITTER: Keane KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11199267 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature