Fatigue assessment in children and adolescents undergoing oncology treatment
Danielle Pletes dos Santos,
Lucas Paulo de Souza,
Ana Cristina Wesner Viana
et al.
Abstract:Objective: To evaluate the fatigue of children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment. Methods: A cross-sectional study with 31 children and adolescents aged 5-17 years, undergoing cancer treatment. Data collection was carried out in the period January-August 2022 in a large pediatric hospital in Southern Brazil. There, the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM Multidimensional Fatigue Scale questionnaire was applied to assess fatigue and collect clinical and sociodemographic data. In descriptive statisti… Show more
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