Caregivers of Patients With Cancer Fatigue: A High Level of Symptom Burden

Matthew M. Clark; Pamela J. Atherton; Maria I. Lapid; Sarah M. Rausch; Marlene H. Frost; Andrea L. Cheville; Jean M. Hanson; Yolanda I. Garces; Paul D. Brown; Jeff A. Sloan; Jarrett W. Richardson; Katherine M. Piderman; Teresa A. Rummans

doi:10.1177/1049909113479153

Caregivers of Patients With Cancer Fatigue: A High Level of Symptom Burden

Matthew M. Clark, Pamela J. Atherton, Maria I. Lapid, Sarah M. Rausch, Marlene H. Frost, Andrea L. Cheville, Jean M. Hanson, Yolanda I. Garces, Paul D. Brown, Jeff A. Sloan, Jarrett W. Richardson, Katherine M. Piderman, Teresa A. Rummans

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Fatigue is the problematic symptom identified by patients with cancer. However, fatigue has not been widely examined in caregivers of patients with cancer. In this study, 131 caregivers of patients diagnosed with advanced stage cancer and actively receiving radiotherapy reported experiencing the most difficulties with fatigue (mean 46.9; on a 0-100 scale, with a 10-point difference having clinical meaning) at baseline and at a 6-month follow-up (mean 48.3). This is in sharp contrast to other domains of quality of life and functioning being rated in the 60s, 70s and 80s by the caregivers of patients with cancer. Given the level of fatigue reported by the caregivers of patients with cancer, if confirmed by other investigators in larger and more diverse samples, interventions targeting caregiver fatigue should be explored.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	121-125
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909113479153
State	Published - Mar 2014

Keywords

burnout
cancer
caregivers
fatigue
quality of life
symptom burden

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General Medicine

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Clark, M. M., Atherton, P. J., Lapid, M. I., Rausch, S. M., Frost, M. H., Cheville, A. L., Hanson, J. M., Garces, Y. I., Brown, P. D., Sloan, J. A., Richardson, J. W., Piderman, K. M., & Rummans, T. A. (2014). Caregivers of Patients With Cancer Fatigue: A High Level of Symptom Burden. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 31(2), 121-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909113479153

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