Purpose/Objectives: To systematically review published qualitative reports of descriptions of fatigue by patients with cancer and how cancer-related fatigue (CF) affects their lives. Data Sources: MEDLINE ® , CANCERLIT ® , Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing...

Purpose/Objectives: To examine the relationship between hope and fatigue (intensity, duration, and interference) in newly diagnosed patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy. Design: Cross-sectional and correlational. Setting: Oncology outpatient clinics of two medical centers in northern Taiwan...

Purpose/Objectives: To examine patterns of fatigue and other variables (sleep quality, sleep-wake variables, activity and rest, circadian rhythms, quality of life [QOL], blood counts, and demographic and medical variables) during colon and rectal cancer adjuvant chemotherapy, as well as feasibility...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe patterns of fatigue in adolescents and the impact of fatigue during one month of chemotherapy, to explore variables that affect fatigue, and to explore the feasibility of collecting daily self-report data in this population. Design: Longitudinal, descriptive. Setting...