Is education an effective management strategy for reducing cancer-related fatigue?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1429-1439

  Purcell, Amanda ^a,b   Fleming, Jennifer ^a,b   Burmeister, Bryan ^a   Bennett, Sally ^b   Haines, Terry ^c,d  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Southern Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer related fatigue; Patient education; Radiotherapy; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80051588914     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0970-2     Document Type: Article

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