Risk factors for cancer-related fatigue in adult childhood cancer survivors: A report from the CardioOnco study
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serval:BIB_BABB041A29D0
Type
Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
Publication sub-type
Abstract (Abstract): shot summary in a article that contain essentials elements presented during a scientific conference, lecture or from a poster.
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Publications
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Title
Risk factors for cancer-related fatigue in adult childhood cancer survivors: A report from the CardioOnco study
Title of the conference
Abstracts of the Swiss Oncology and Hematology Congress (SOHC)
ISSN
1424-3997
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2021
Volume
151
Number
SUPPL 255
Series
Swiss Medical Weekly
Pages
21S-22S
Language
english
Notes
L636868815
2022-01-14
2022-01-14
Abstract
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a distressing late effect in childhood cancer survivors (CCS) with prevalence between 10-85% and little evidence on its risk factors. We aimed to describe the prevalence of CRF in adult CCS and assess its risk factors. As part of the CardioOnco study, we invited adult 5-year CCS treated at Inselspital Bern between 1976-2015 to a cardiooncological outpatient clinic and sent them questionnaires. We assessed fatigue with the Checklist Individual Strength subjective fatigue subscore (CIS, during last 2 weeks) and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS, at the current day). Increased fatigue was defined as CIS score 27-35 and VAS score ≥70. We collected information on previous cancer treatment and medical history and calculated mean CRF scores with ANCOVA adjusting for sex and age. We included 158 CCS (participation rate 29%) with median age at study of 33 years (IQR: 26-38). We found that 19% of CCS had increased fatigue with CIS and 11% with VAS. Mean CIS fatigue score was higher in women (21, CI 20-22) than men (18, CI 16-19, p = 0.001), in those treated with radiotherapy (22, CI 20-23 vs. 18, CI 17-19, p<0.001), those with sleep disturbance (23, CI 21-24 vs. 18, CI 17-19, p<0.001), and those with an endocrine abnormality (24, CI 22-25 vs. 18, CI 17-19, p<0.001). We found that one fifth of adult CCS experiences increased fatigue. Female CCS with history of radiotherapy and suffering from endocrine or sleep problems would profit from screening for CRF and further counselling with a specialist.
Keywords
adult, analysis of covariance, cancer fatigue, cancer survival, cancer therapy, checklist, childhood cancer survivor, clinical assessment, conference abstract, controlled study, counseling, endocrine disease, female, human, major clinical study, male, outpatient department, patient history of radiotherapy, prevalence, profit, questionnaire, radiotherapy, risk factor, sleep disorder, visual analog scale
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