Fatigue and its associated factors in ambulatory cancer patients: A preliminary study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-48

  Akechi, Tatsuo ^a,b   Kugaya, Akira ^b   Okamura, Hitoshi ^c   Yamawaki, Shigeto ^d   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression; Fatigue; QOL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RATING SCALE; SEX;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0032918836     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(98)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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