Evaluating Dimensions of Fatigue in Men With Prostate Cancer Receiving Radiation Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a complex multidimensional symptom. Identifying the fatigue dimension that may be most bothersome can guide in the development of individualized management strategies.

Objective

The purpose of this article is to describe the multidimensional fatigue experience of men with prostate cancer.

Methods

Data for this study were obtained from an ongoing descriptive longitudinal study at the National Institutes of Health, involving men diagnosed with nonmetastatic prostate cancer scheduled to receive external beam radiation therapy. Data were analyzed at 7 time points: baseline, before treatment initiation (T1), treatment midpoint (T2), treatment completion (T3), and 1 month (T4), 3 months (T5), 6 months (T6), and 12 months (T7) after

SUBMITTER: Dickinson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7321910 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan/Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature