ผู้วิจัย/Authors: เพียงใจ ดาโลปการ

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Factors related to fatigue in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of Nursing Science Chulalongkorn University, Vol.15, No. 3, September-December 2003, Page 59-71.

รายละเอียด / Details:

The purposes of this research were to examine the relationships between factors related to fatigue based on Piper’s Integrated Fatigue Model and fatigue in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Subjects consisted of 160 breast cancer patients at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and National Cancer Institute, selected by purposive sampling technique. Data were collected by using seven instruments: the Demographic Data Form, the Fatigue the Depression Scale, and the Social Support Questionnaire. The instruments were tested for content validity by a panel of experts. The reliability of instruments were 0.96, 0.89, 0.83, 0.90 and 0.93, respectively, Statistical techniques used in data analysis were Pearson product moment correlation and Stepwise multiple regression at the significant level of .05. The major findings were as follows: 1. There were positively statistical correlation between symptom distress, depression and fatigue in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy at the level of .05. (r = .801 and .699, respectively) 2. There were negatively statistical correlation between sleep quality, physical activity, social support, age and fatigue in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy at the level of .05. (r = -.654, -.521, -.411, and -.188, respectively) 3. There were no statistical correlation between stage of disease, chemotherapy regimen, anemia, nutritional status and fatigue in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. 4. Symptom distress, depression, sleep quality, and physical activity were significantly predicted fatigue at the level of .05. The predictive power was 74.60% (R2 =.746) of the variance.

Keywords: fatigue, symptom distress, sleep quality, depression, breast cancer patient, behavior, nursing care, depress

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2003

Address: Chulalongkorn University

Code: 100048

ISSN/ISBN: 0858-1231

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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