Risk factors associated with patient-reported fatigue among long-term oropharyngeal carcinoma survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study objective is to identify risk factors associated with fatigue among long-term OPC survivors.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included disease-free OPC survivors treated curatively between 2000 and 2013 who were surveyed from September 2015 to July 2016. The outcome variable was patient-reported fatigue. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with moderate to severe fatigue.

Results

Among 863 OPC survivors, 17.4% reported moderate to severe fatigue. Self-reported thyroid problems (OR: 2.01; p = 0.003), current cigarette smoking at time of survey (OR: 3.85; p = 0.001), late lower cranial neuropathy (OR: 3.44; p = 0.002), and female sex (OR: 1.91; p = 0.010) were concurrent risk factors of reporting moderate to s

SUBMITTER: Aggarwal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8981739 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature