Differences in Fatigue Experiences Among Patients With Advanced Cancer, Cancer Survivors, and the General Population

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 823-830

  de Raaf, Pleun J ^a   de Klerk, Cora ^a   Timman, Reinier ^a   Hinz, Andreas ^b   van der Rijt, Carin C D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; fatigue; humans; mental fatigue; neoplasms; palliative care; questionnaires; reference values; survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POPULATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 85027948849     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.12.279     Document Type: Article

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