Investigation of the relationship among fatigue, self-efficacy and quality of life during chemotherapy in patients with breast, lung or gastrointestinal cancer
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Prof. Dr. Semiha Akın Eroğlu Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Canan KAŞ Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)
Dergi ISSN 0961-5423 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 07-2018
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 28 / 1 / – DOI 10.1111/ecc.12898.
Makale Linki https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30039883/
Özet
To explore the relationship between fatigue and self‐efficacy, and quality of life (QoL) during chemotherapy of patients with breast, lung or gastrointestinal cancers. This study is a descriptive‐correlational research. The study population comprised of patients with breast, lung and gastrointestinal cancer treated at the outpatient chemotherapy unit. Patients’ self‐efficacy and QoL were assessed using Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy‐Fatigue scale and Strategies Used by Patients to Promote Health scale. The sample included 236 patients receiving chemotherapy for lung cancer (30.9%), gastrointestinal (25.8%) or breast cancers (25.4%). The patients had little confidence in performing self‐care self‐efficacy during chemotherapy for the management of illness and chemotherapy‐related side effects. The study found that the patients with cancer were moderately fatigued and all the domains of QoL of …
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