Cancer-Related Fatigue in Adolescents and Young Adults After Cancer Treatment: Persistent and Poorly Managed

Cancer-Related Fatigue in Adolescents and Young Adults After Cancer Treatment: Persistent and Poorly Managed

Cancer-related fatigue is the most prevalent and distressing symptom experienced by adolescents and young adults (AYAs). An electronic survey was undertaken to ascertain current fatigue management and perceptions of its effectiveness. Eighty-five percent of responders (68/80) experienced fatigue, an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology 2017-09, Vol.6 (3), p.489-493
Hauptverfasser: Spathis, Anna, Hatcher, Helen, Booth, Sara, Gibson, Faith, Stone, Paddy, Abbas, Laura, Barclay, Matt, Brimicombe, James, Thiemann, Pia, McCabe, Martin G, Campsey, Rachel, Hooker, Louise, Moss, Wendy, Robson, Jane, Barclay, Stephen
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Brief Reports
Child
Exercise - physiology
Exercise - psychology
Fatigue - epidemiology
Fatigue - etiology
Fatigue - therapy
Female
Humans
Male
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Neoplasms - psychology
Neoplasms - therapy
Prevalence
Quality of Life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Cancer-related fatigue is the most prevalent and distressing symptom experienced by adolescents and young adults (AYAs). An electronic survey was undertaken to ascertain current fatigue management and perceptions of its effectiveness. Eighty-five percent of responders (68/80) experienced fatigue, and it was worse more than 1 year after cancer treatment ended, compared to
ISSN:2156-5333
2156-535X
DOI:10.1089/jayao.2017.0037