Evaluating cancer related fatigue during treatment according to children's, adolescents' and parents' perspectives in a sample of Greek young patients

Reliability and Validity of Turkish Versions of the Child, Parent and Staff Cancer Fatigue Scales

“…Studies with fatigue scales maintained that the mean scores significantly changed in pediatric cancer patients during the treatment procedures (Ream et al, 2006;Perdikaris et al, 2009). Hockenberry and Hooke (2007), for instance, reviewed the influences of pain, need of sleep and fatigue on children and adolescents with cancer and their physical performances and reported sleeping problems along with fatigue as stated by children, parents and staffs.…”

“…It is therefore concluded that both subjective and objective evaluation would provide the most precise data in the assessment of fatigue as a perception based symptom in children and adolescents. An analysis of the pediatric oncology literature illustrated that the cancer related fatigue has been evaluated not only by children with cancer but also by their parents and staffs (Hockenberry et al, 1998(Hockenberry et al, : 2003Hinds et al, 1999b;Hinds & Hockenberry-Eaton 2001;Braud et al, 2003;Gibson et al, 2005Gibson et al, : 2006Ekti and Conk, 2008;Yeh et al, 2008;Perdikaris et al, 2009). Children and their parents may be adversely influenced when the symptoms can't be managed effectively during the long and painstaking cancer treatment which may lead to disintegrity and dysfunctionality in the family, the deterioriation of the quality of life, loss of energy, and increasing care burden and despair (Woodgate and Degner, 2004).…”

Fatigue in Child Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review of Assessment Instruments

“…There was moderate evidence for the structural validity of the child and parent forms, but limited evidence for the structural validity of the adolescent form. Internal consistency and reliability data were mixed; although internal consistency statistics were good (0.70 or greater), [79][80][81]107,113 these statistics were calculated based on the total fatigue scores, despite findings of a 3-factor model for the FS-C and a 4-factor model for the FS-A. 79,80 One study revealed adequate reliability statistics for the FS-A, presenting pooled data from a series of studies, and variable agreement between parent and child were found across included studies (ICC values 0.13-0.65).…”

Avaliação da fadiga em crianças e adolescentes hospitalizados com câncer e sua relação com padrão de sono e qualidade de vida relaconada à saúde

“…Três estudos somente utilizaram pacientes com leucemias (HINDS et al, 2007c;VALLANCE et al, 2010;ZUPANEC;STREMLER, 2010), um associou leucemia e tumor cerebral (MEESKE et al, 2004) e um leucemia e tumor sólido (HINDS et al, 2007d). Cinco estudos (ERICKSON et al, 2011;PERDIKARIS et al, 2009;PERDIKARIS et al, 2008;SILVA, 2009;TOMLINSON et al, 2011) apresentaram população com diagnósticos de cânceres diversos, sendo que dois deles excluíram apenas pacientes com tumores cerebrais (ERICKSON et al, 2011;PERDIKARIS et al, 2009) e dois incluíram apenas crianças e adolescentes sem chance de cura (KURASHIMA, 2007;TOMLINSON et al, 2011).…”

“…Fatigue Scale-Parent (FS-P), separadamente ou em conjunto (ERICKSON et al, 2011;GENC e CONK, 2008;HINDS et al, 2007d;KURASHIMA, 2007;PERDIKARIS et al, 2009;SANFORD et al, 2008;VALLANCE et al, 2010;YEH et al, 2011;ZUPANEC, JONES, STREMLER, 2010), enquanto cinco estudos utilizaram a PedsQL™…”