| Autor: |
Ana Claudia Garabeli Cavalli Kluthcovsky, Almir Antonio Urbanetz |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Vol 37, Iss 3, Pp 119-126 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0100-7203 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/SO100-720320150005247 |
| Popis: |
PURPOSE: To assess fatigue and quality of life in disease-free breast cancer survivors in relation to a sample of age-matched women with no cancer history and to explore the relationship between fatigue and quality of life.METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 202 consecutive disease-free Brazilian breast cancer survivors, all of whom had completed treatment, treated at 2 large hospitals. The patients were compared to age-matched women with no cancer history attending a primary health care center. The Piper Fatigue Scale-Revised and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument (WHOQOL-BREF) were used to measure the fatigue and quality of life, respectively. Socio-demographic and clinical variables were also obtained. The χ2 test, generalized linear model, and Spearman correlation coefficient were used for statistical purposes. The adopted level of significance was 5%.RESULTS: Breast cancer survivors experienced significantly greater total and subscale fatigue scores than comparison group (all p-values |
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