Purpose/Objectives: To determine whether a nurse-led educational intervention decreased the perception of fatigue in patients diagnosed with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers (colon, stomach, liver, rectum, pancreas) who were receiving chemotherapy for the first time. Design: Quasi-experimental,...

Purpose/Objectives: To determine the relationship between fatigue and physical activity in older patients with cancer. Design: Targeted analysis using data from a prospective longitudinal study. Setting: A cancer care facility in southeastern Ontario, Canada. Sample: 440 patients, aged 65 years and...

Purpose/Objectives: To investigate the relationships among physiologic variables, fatigue, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with multiple myeloma. Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory. Setting: Outpatient ambulatory care clinics at a tertiary oncology center. Sample: 56 patients...

Purposes/Objectives: To identify the predictors of fatigue 30 days after completing adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer and whether differences are observed between a behavioral sleep intervention and a healthy-eating attention control group in predicting fatigue. Design: Descriptive,...