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A fatigue clinic in a comprehensive cancer center
Author(s) -
Escalante Carmen P.,
Grover Tejpal,
Johnson Beth A.,
Harle Margaret,
Guo M.S. Hong,
Mendoza Tito R.,
Rivera Edgardo,
Ho Vi,
Lee Eva Lu,
Cleeland Charles S.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(20010915)92:6+<1708::aid-cncr1501>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer related fatigue , cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , specialty , physical therapy , family medicine , nursing
Cancer‐related fatigue is now the most prevalent symptom of cancer, occurring in 60–90% of patients. Fatigue has been identified by cancer patients as a factor influencing functionality and quality of life. Our objectives in developing a fatigue specialty clinic at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center were to improve our patients' quality of life by decreasing fatigue; educate health care providers, patients, and patients' families about cancer‐related fatigue; develop an appropriate clinical and diagnostic evaluation for this symptom; correlate objective measures of fatigue with its clinical evaluation; and develop innovative treatment plans for cancer‐related fatigue. This article describes the general clinic design and operations and the preliminary analysis of the first 40 patients evaluated in the fatigue clinic. Cancer 2001;92:1708–13. © 2001 American Cancer Society.