Abstract
Women beginning adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer seek information from health professionals regarding fatigue, but knowledge regarding this distressing symptom is currently limited. The purposes of this study were to describe the patterns of fatigue and of factors influencing fatigue across the first three cycles of chemotherapy and to determine the extent to which health and functional status, chemotherapy protocol, physical activity behaviors, activity/rest cycles, nutrition behaviors and status, stress management behaviors, interpersonal relations behaviors, symptom distress and reaction to the diagnosis of cancer explain fatigue at each treatment and predict fatigue at the mid-point of the first three chemotherapy cycles. A model drawn from Piper's framework (1987) guided this prospective, descriptive, repeated measures design study.
Sigma Membership
Gamma Pi at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer, Health During Treatment, Symptoms
Advisor
Susan Noble Walker
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Degree Year
1996
Recommended Citation
Berger, Ann M., "Patterns of fatigue and factors influencing fatigue during adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy" (2019). Dissertations. 1444.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1444
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-05-17
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9710329; ProQuest document ID: 304298909. The author still retains copyright.