Patient and health care provider perceptions of cancer-related fatigue and pain.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In 1997, Vogelzang et al. reported that 61 % of patients with cancer indicated fatigue impacted daily life more than pain, and only 37 % of oncologists shared this perception. We provide an update to this study, which can help prioritize symptom assessment and management in the clinic. Study aims were to determine and compare perceptions of patients with cancer and health care providers (HCPs) of the impact of fatigue and pain.

Methods

A random sample of patients with cancer was recruited in the USA by Harris Poll Online and Schlesinger Associates. Oncology HCPs were recruited by Food and Drug Research, Inc. and Toluna, Inc.

Results

From June to November 2012, 550 of 1122 eligible patients (49 %), 400 of 533 eligible oncologists (75 %), and 400 of 617 eligible

SUBMITTER: Williams LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4993798 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature