Purpose/Objectives: To determine whether mastery, the personal control felt over occurrences perceived to have an important effect on one's life, influences the resolution of pain and fatigue severity. Design: Secondary data analysis of two randomized clinical trials. Setting: Accrual from two...

Purpose/Objectives: To review evidence that muscle-derived interleukin-6 (IL-6) mediates some of the beneficial effects of exercise on cancer treatment-related fatigue (CTRF). Data Sources: Electronic nursing, psychology, and medicine databases. Data Synthesis: Fatigue is a common and often...

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...