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Fatigue in Patients with Cancer

Analysis and Assessment

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Authors:
  1. Agnes Glaus

    1. Zentrum für Tumordiagnostik und Prävention, Krebsvorsorge und Pflegeforschung, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  • With new fatigue assessment questionnaire A "MUST" for researchers, oncology nurses and physicians

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research (RECENTCANCER, volume 145)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Abstract

    • Agnes Glaus
    Pages 1-1

  3. The Concept of Fatigue or Tiredness as Experienced in Health and Disease, and More Specifically in Cancer

    • Agnes Glaus
    Pages 3-26

  4. A Qualitative Study to Explore the Concept of Fatigue/Tiredness in Cancer Patients and in Healthy Individuals

    • Agnes Glaus
    Pages 27-53

  5. Construction of a New Fatigue Assessment Questionnaire

    • Agnes Glaus
    Pages 54-76

  6. Testing the Fatigue Assessment Questionnaire in Healthy Persons and in Cancer Patients

    • Agnes Glaus
    Pages 77-104

  7. The Relationship Between Fatigue and Type and Stage of Cancer

    • Agnes Glaus
    Pages 105-150

  8. Synthesis and General Discussion

    • Agnes Glaus
    Pages 151-162

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 163-172
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Current literature shows that there is a gap in our knowledge about how tired­ ness/fatigue in cancer patients should be defined and measured. Existing fa­ tigue-related research in cancer patients shows conceptual and measurement differences (Piper 1993). There is no continuum of tiredness/fatigue in univer­ sal use. What do patients mean if they fill in a visual analogue scale indicating that they feel "very tired"? Is it an indicator of general well-being, and thus an 1993)? Most articles estimate of general quality of life (Hiirny and Bernhard written by English authors use the word fatigue to identify extreme tired­ ness. It could be said that in the English language, tiredness that is perceived as unusual, continuing distress is fatigue rather than tiredness. In the German language, tiredness (Mudigkeit) is not primarily a term for distress attributed to disease or unusual effort. But tiredness becomes a distressing phenomenon when it no longer regulates a healthy balance between rest and activity but represents unusual, abnormal or excessive whole-body tiredness that is dis­ proportionate to or unrelated to activity or excessive exertion (Piper 1993). As there is no word for fatigue in the German language, the definition "extreme, unusual tiredness" (in German: extreme, unubliche Mudigkeit), is used to explain the term "fatigue:' This clarification is needed to ensure that future fatigue research conducted in German-speaking countries can be com­ pared with such research carried out elsewhere.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Zentrum für Tumordiagnostik und Prävention, Krebsvorsorge und Pflegeforschung, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Agnes Glaus

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fatigue in Patients with Cancer

  • Book Subtitle: Analysis and Assessment

  • Authors: Agnes Glaus

  • Series Title: Recent Results in Cancer Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51466-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-51468-5Published: 19 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-51466-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0080-0015

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-6767

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 172

  • Number of Illustrations: 66 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Oncology, Nursing

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