Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Comparison Between Patients Treated With Curative Intent and Patients With Advanced Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is prevalent in patients who have been treated with curative intent and patients with advanced cancer. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown effective in reducing CRF in both groups.

Aims

To compare both groups with respect to: (1) pre-treatment levels of fatigue and fatigue-perpetuating cognitive-behavioral factors; (2) the magnitude of the effect of CBT on fatigue; and (3) mediators of the treatment response.

Methods

Data of four randomized controlled trials testing the efficacy of CBT for CRF were pooled, three in patients treated with curative intent (n = 249), and one in patients with advanced cancer (n = 134). Baseline characteristics were compared with ANCOVAs. Moderation analysis was used to investigate wheth

SUBMITTER: van der Pas HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12449572 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature