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. 2022 Jan;31(1):e13547.
doi: 10.1111/ecc.13547. Epub 2021 Dec 17.

Cancer-related fatigue in hospitalised patients treated for lymphoma and its burden on family caregivers

Ling-Li Ren  1 , Xiao-Bing Tian  2 , Zheng-Chang He  1 , En-Hui Song  1 , Ting-Ting Tang  1
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Cancer-related fatigue in hospitalised patients treated for lymphoma and its burden on family caregivers

Ling-Li Ren et al. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2022 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in patients with lymphoma and to explore the burden of CRF on the family caregivers (FCs).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a university-affiliated tertiary care hospital in China. Patients with lymphoma who received treatment in the in-patient ward of the Haematology Department were consecutively recruited. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to gather information related to the patients' sociodemographic characteristics and perceived CRF and its burden on the FCs. Cochran-Armitage trend analysis and Multivariable logistic regression analyses were employed to determine the association between CRF and the FCs' burden.

Results: Of the 116 cancer patient-FC dyads, about 70% of patients experienced some level of fatigue, while 51% of unpaid family members suffered some degree of depression. The Cochran-Armitage trend analysis showed that the FCs' burden significantly increased with the severity of CRF. Logistic regression indicated that the FCs of the patients reporting fatigue experienced a higher burden in both the unadjusted and adjusted models.

Conclusion: The prevalence of CRF appeared to be high among patients with lymphoma. It might be important to design innovative health-promoting practices for ameliorating or preventing the impact of fatigue.

Keywords: burden; cancer-related fatigue; family caregivers; lymphoma.

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