Distinct morning and evening fatigue profiles in gastrointestinal cancer during chemotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Purposes were to identify subgroups of patients with gastrointestinal cancers with distinct morning and evening fatigue severity profiles and evaluate for differences among these subgroups in demographic and clinical characteristics, co-occurring symptoms and quality of life (QOL) outcomes.

Methods

Patients with gastrointestinal cancers (n=405) completed questionnaires six times over two cycles of chemotherapy. Latent profile analysis was used to identify distinct morning and evening fatigue profiles. Differences in demographic and clinical characteristics, co-occurring symptoms and QOL outcomes among the subgroups were evaluated using parametric and nonparametric tests.

Results

Two distinct mornings (ie, low and very high) and three distinct evenings (ie,

SUBMITTER: Lin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627530 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature