Perceived cognitive changes with chemotherapy for breast cancer: A pilot study
| Autor: | Alan S. Bloom, Sara Haberlein, Judith Fitzgerald Miller, Linda B. Piacentine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Breast Neoplasms Pilot Projects 03 medical and health sciences Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Quality of life Internal medicine medicine Humans Cognitive skill skin and connective tissue diseases Fatigue General Nursing Depression (differential diagnoses) Chemotherapy 030504 nursing Depression business.industry Cancer Repeated measures design Middle Aged medicine.disease 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Well-being Female Perception 0305 other medical science business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Applied Nursing Research. 29:9-11 |
| ISSN: | 0897-1897 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apnr.2015.03.015 |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine perceived cognitive functioning, fatigue, depression and general well-being among women before and after the initiation of chemotherapy for breast cancer compared to a sample of healthy women. Method This descriptive, repeated measures study compared women receiving chemotherapy and healthy women. Women completed measures of quality of life, fatigue, cognitive changes and depression. Results Before chemotherapy, women with cancer reported more fatigue and depression than healthy women. After chemotherapy, women with cancer reported decreased cognitive functioning accompanied by more fatigue and depressive symptoms than healthy women. Conclusion This study is one of the first to use multiple symptom measures before and after starting chemotherapy. Understanding cognitive changes and related symptoms that occur before and during chemotherapy for breast cancer is the first step toward helping women cope with changes that occur with breast cancer treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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