Practice review: Evidence-based and effective management of fatigue in patients with advanced cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fatigue affects most patients living with advanced cancer and is a symptom that healthcare professionals can find difficult to manage.

Aim

To provide healthcare professionals with a pragmatic overview of approaches to management of fatigue in patients with advanced cancer that are commonly recommended by guidelines and to evaluate evidence underpinning them.

Design

Scoping review methodology was used to determine the strength of evidence supporting use of interventions recommended in management of fatigue in patients with advanced cancer.

Data sources

National or international guidelines were examined if they described the management of fatigue in adult cancer patients and were written within the last 6 years (2015-2021) in English. The Cochrane Data

SUBMITTER: Chapman EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793304 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature