Education for cancer-related fatigue: Could talking about it make people more likely to report it?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 209-215

  O'Brien, Lisa ^a,b   Loughnan, Anna ^b   Purcell, Amanda ^c   Haines, Terry ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Occupational Therapy Department   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Kingston Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

CAN FIT; Cancer related fatigue; Chemotherapy; Distress; Occupation; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERFORMANCE; PRERADIOTHERAPY FATIGUE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84890547401     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1964-7     Document Type: Article

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