Long-term fatigue state in postoperative patients with breast cancer

作     者：Xiao-Fang Tan Fang Xia 

作者机构：Department of Endoscopy CenterThe Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Department of OncologyThe Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Cancer Research》 (中国癌症研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第26卷第1期

页      面：12-16页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Long-term fatigue postsurgery breast cancer 

摘      要：Objective：To investigate the prevalence of long-term fatigue,anxiety,depression and social support,and the relationships among these symptoms in postoperative patients with breast ***：A total of 180 postoperative patients with breast cancer meeting criterion were recruited in this cross-sectional *** Brief Fatigue Inventory （BFI）,Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale （HADS） and The Social Support Survey-Chinese version were used to assessing the fatigue,anxiety and depression,Social support of *** magnitude of the relationship among the symptoms of fatigue and other variables was measured by Spearman Rho ***：The prevalence of long-term fatigue was 52.7％,and 18.3％ occurred moderate/severe ***-thirds of patients had a basal social support,only 12.8％ of patients had better-perceived social *** of HADS showed that 16.7％ and 21.1 ％ of the participants have anxiety or depression ***/severe fatigue was negatively correlated with social support （r=-0.158,P=0.038） and positively correlated with age （r=0.132,P=0.042）,chemotherapy （r=0.297,P=0.027）,anxiety （r=0.324,P=0.018） and depression （r=0.211,P=0.034）.Conclusions：Long-term fatigue was highly prevalent among over half of postoperative patients with breast cancer,and moderate/severe fatigue was associated with social and psychological factors such as social support,anxiety and *** results suggest that overall nursing care may be a more effective manner in improving fatigue and quality of life.