Fatigue in advanced cancer patients attending an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic as screened by the edmonton symptom assessment system

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1037-1042

  Zeng, Liang ^a   Koo, Kaitlin ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Jon, Florencia ^a   Dennis, Kristopher ^a   Holden, Lori ^a   Nguyen, Janet ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a   Chow, Edward ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Edmonton Symptom Assessment System; Fatigue; Palliative radiotherapy clinic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCREENING TEST; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860242934     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1179-8     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Cheung WY, Le LW, Zimmermann C (2009) Symptom clusters in patients with advanced cancers. Support Care Cancer 17(9):1223-1230
2. Chow E, Fan G, Hadi S et al (2008) Symptom clusters in cancer patients with brain metastases. Clin Oncol 20(1):76-82
3. Oi-Ling K, Man-Wah DTSE, Kam-Hung DNG (2005) Symptom distress as rated by advanced cancer patients, caregivers and physicians in the last week of life. Palliat Med 19(3):228-233
4. Jordhoy MS, Fayers P, Loge JH et al (2001) Quality of life in advanced cancer patients: The impact of sociodemographic and medical characteristics. Br J Cancer 85(10):1478-1485
5. Porock D, Kristjanson LJ, Tinnelly K et al (2000) An exercise intervention for advanced cancer patients experiencing fatigue: a pilot study. J Palliat Care 16(3):30-36
6. Richardson A (1998) Measuring fatigue in patients with cancer. Support Care Cancer 6(2):94-100
7. Biswal BM, Kumaraswamy N, Mukhtar F (2004) Prevalence of fatigue among cancer patients undergoing external radiotherapy. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35(2):463-467
8. Lawrence DP, Kupelnick B, Miller K et al (2004) Evidence report on the occurrence, assessment, and treatment of fatigue in cancer patients. J Natl Cancer Inst 32:40-50
9. Irvine D, Vincent L, Graydon JE et al (1994) The prevalence and correlates of fatigue in patients receiving treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A comparison with the fatigue experienced by healthy individuals. Cancer Nurs 17(5):367-378
10. Selby D, Cascella A, Gardiner K et al (2010) A single set of numerical cutpoints to define moderate and severe symptoms for the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System. J Pain Symptom Manage 39(2):241-249
11. Stone P, Richards M, Hardy J (1998) Fatigue in patients with cancer. Eur J Cancer 34(11):1670-1676
12. Lundh Hagelin C, Wengstrom Y, Furst CJ (2009) Patterns of fatigue related to advanced disease and radiotherapy in patients with cancer-a comparative cross-sectional study of fatigue intensity and characteristics. Support Care Cancer 17(5):519-526
13. Brown DJ, McMillan DC, Milroy R (2005) The correlation between fatigue, physical function, the systemic inflammatory response, and psychological distress in patients with advanced lung cancer. Cancer 103(2):377-382
14. Stone P, Richards M, A'Hern R et al (2000) A study to investigate the prevalence, severity and correlates of fatigue among patients with cancer in comparison with a control group of volunteers without cancer. Ann Oncol 11(5):561-567
15. Akechi T, Kugaya A, Okamura H et al (1999) Fatigue and its associated factors in ambulatory cancer patients: a preliminary study. J Pain Symptom Manage 17(1):42-48
16. Pater JL, Zee B, Palmer M et al (1997) Fatigue in patients with cancer: Results with national cancer institute of canada clinical trials group studies employing the EORTC QLQ-C30. Support Care Cancer 5(5):410-413
17. Kroenke K, Wood DR, Mangelsdorff AD et al (1988) Chronic fatigue in primary care. Prevalence, patient characteristics, and outcome. JAMA 260(7):929-934
18. van Wijk CM, Kolk AM (1997) Sex differences in physical symptoms: the contribution of symptom perception theory. Soc Sci Med 45(2):231-246
19. Okuyama T, Tanaka K, Akechi T et al (2001) Fatigue in ambulatory patients with advanced lung cancer: prevalence, correlated factors, and screening. J Pain Symptom Manage 22 (1):554-564
20. Blesch KS, Paice JA, Wickham R et al (1991) Correlates of fatigue in people with breast or lung cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum 18 (1):81-87
21. Fan G, Hadi S, Chow E (2007) Symptom clusters in patients with advanced-stage cancer referred for palliative radiation therapy in an outpatient setting. Support Cancer Ther 4(3):157-162
22. Labori KJ, Hjermstad MJ, Wester T et al (2006) Symptom profiles and palliative care in advanced pancreatic cancer: a prospective study. Support Care Cancer 14(11):1126-1133
23. Motzer RJ, Michaelson MD, Redman BG et al (2006) Activity of SU11248, a multitargeted inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor and platelet-derived growth factor receptor, in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 24 (1):16-24
24. Loblaw DA, Perry J, Chambers A et al (2005) Systematic review of the diagnosis and management of malignant extradural spinal cord compression: the Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative's Neuro-Oncology Disease Site Group. J Clin Oncol 23 (9):2028-2037
25. Loblaw DA, Laperriere NJ (1998) Emergency treatment of malignant extradural spinal cord compression: an evidence-based guideline. J Clin Oncol 16(4):1613-1624
26. Smets EM, Visser MR, Willems-Groot AF et al (1998) Fatigue and radiotherapy: (A) experience in patients undergoing treatment. Br J Cancer 78(7):899-906
27. Bruera E, Driver L, Barnes EA et al (2003) Patient-controlled methylphenidate for the management of fatigue in patients with advanced cancer: a preliminary report. J Clin Oncol 21(23):4439-4443
28. Sugawara Y, Akechi T, Shima Y et al (2002) Efficacy of methylphenidate for fatigue in advanced cancer patients: a preliminary study. Palliat Med 16(3):261-263
29. Sarhill N, Walsh D, Nelson KA et al (2001) Methylphenidate for fatigue in advanced cancer: a prospective open-label pilot study. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 18(3):187-192
30. Moraska AR, Sood A, Dakhil SR et al (2010) Phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of longacting methylphenidate for cancer-related fatigue: North Central Cancer Treatment Group NCCTG-N05C7 trial. J Clin Oncol 28 (23):3673-3679
31. Bruera E, Valero V, Driver L et al (2006) Patient-controlled methylphenidate for cancer fatigue: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Clin Oncol 24(13):2073-2078
32. de Boer AG, van Lanschot JJ, Stalmeier PF et al (2004) Is a single-item visual analogue scale as valid, reliable and responsive as multi-item scales in measuring quality of life? Qual Life Res 13 (2):311-320
33. Sloan JA, Aaronson N, Cappelleri JC et al (2002) Assessing the clinical significance of single items relative to summated scores. Mayo Clin Proc 77(5):479-487
34. Cunny KA, Perri M (1991) Single-item vs multiple-item measures of health-related quality of life. Psychol Rep 69(1):127-130