Age-associated differences in fatigue among patients with cancer

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-223

  Butt, Zeeshan ^a   Rao, Arati V ^b   Lai, Jin Shei ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^b   Rosenbloom, Sarah K ^a   Cella, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; cancer; Fatigue; hemoglobin; patient reported outcome

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY FATIGUE SCALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77955566643     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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