Open AccessPrevalence of fatigue among cancer patients receiving various anticancer therapies and its impact on Quality of Life: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Ganesan Karthikeyan,
Divita Jumnani,
Rama Prabhu,
Udaya Kumar Manoor,
Sanjay S. Supe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.105686
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , chemotherapy , cancer , observational study , cancer related fatigue , cross sectional study , population , oncology , pathology , environmental health , nursing
Fatigue is disabling and continuous phenomenon in cancer patients during and after various anticancer treatments which can continue for many years after treatment and definitely it has profound effect on Quality of Life (QOL). However, determining its severity is still underestimated among the cancer patients and also very few studies in the literature exist reporting on Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF) among Indian population.