Building a biopsychosocial model of cancer-related fatigue: the BIOCARE FActory cohort study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most common side effect of cancer and cancer treatment. CRF prevalence is up to 50% in breast cancer patients and can continue several years after cancer remission. This persistent subjective sense of exhaustion is multifactorial. Numerous parameters have been evidenced to be related to CRF across biological, physical, psychological, social and/or behavioral dimensions. Although CRF has been studied for many years, the majority of previous studies focused on only one dimension, i.e., physical function. Moreover, few studies investigated CRF longitudinally with repeated measures. These are the two main obstacles that limit the understanding of CRF mechanisms. The purpose of this study is to create a biopsychosocial model of CRF with sim

SUBMITTER: Chartogne M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542307 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature