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ArticleBioMed research international2016

Cancer Related Fatigue and Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy.

Andreas Charalambous, Christiana Kouta

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Article in BioMed research international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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50 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Do Patients with Prostate Cancer Benefit from Exercise Interventions? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  6. Changes in fatigue in rectal cancer patients before and after therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Andreas CharalambousCyprus University of Technology, 15th Vragadinou Street, 3041 Limassol, Cyprus; University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
Christiana KoutaCyprus University of Technology, 15th Vragadinou Street, 3041 Limassol, Cyprus.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer related fatigue (CRF) is a common and debilitating symptom that can influence quality of life (QoL) in cancer patients. The increase in survival times stresses for a better understanding of how CRF affects patients' QoL. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study with 148 randomly recruited prostate cancer patients aiming to explore CRF and its impact on QoL. Assessments included the Cancer Fatigue Scale, EORTC QLQ-C30, and EORTC QLQ-PR25. Additionally, 15 in-depth structured interviews were performed. Quantitative data were analyzed with simple and multiple regression analysis and independent samples t-test. Qualitative data were analyzed with the use of thematic content analysis. The 66.9% of the patients experienced CRF with higher levels being recorded for the affective subscale. Statistically significant differences were found between the patients reporting CRF and lower levels of QoL (mean = 49.1) and those that did not report fatigue and had higher levels of QoL (mean = 72.1). The interviews emphasized CRF's profound impact on the patients' lives that was reflected on the following themes: "dependency on others," "loss of power over decision making," and "daily living disruption." Cancer related fatigue is a significant problem for patients with advanced prostate cancer and one that affects their QoL in various ways.

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AdultAgedFatigueHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingProstatic NeoplasmsQuality of Life

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PMID26981530
PMCPMC4769736

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