Predictors and Trajectories of Morning Fatigue Are Distinct From Evening Fatigue.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Fatigue is the most common symptom in oncology patients during chemotherapy. Little is known about the predictors of interindividual variability in initial levels and trajectories of morning fatigue severity in these patients.

Objectives

An evaluation was done to determine which demographic, clinical, and symptom characteristics were associated with initial levels as well as the trajectories of morning fatigue and to compare findings with our companion paper on evening fatigue.

Methods

A sample of outpatients with breast, gastrointestinal, gynecological, and lung cancer (n = 586) completed demographic and symptom questionnaires a total of six times over two cycles of chemotherapy. Fatigue severity was evaluated using the Lee Fatigue Scale. Hierarchical linear

SUBMITTER: Wright F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4526314 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature