Fatigue in Young Survivors of Extracranial Childhood Cancer: A Finnish Nationwide Survey

Abstract

This study increases the knowledge about fatigue levels of young survivors of extracranial malignancies and identifies the need for instruments specifically designed to assess fatigue in this population. The healthcare team should pay attention to the fatigue level of young survivors, particularly SF.

Longitudinal development of cancer‐related fatigue and physical activity in childhood cancer patients

“…Reports on previous childhood cancer cohorts have also shown similar self‐reported cancer‐related fatigue in survivors compared with norms . One explanation could be that data on childhood cancer survivors are compared with data on healthy pediatric populations, in which the prevalence of fatigue is also high.…”

“…This instrument measures both the child's and his/her parent's perception of fatigue in pediatric patients . It has often been used in childhood cancer patients . This 18‐item questionnaire has three subscales: general fatigue (six items), sleep/rest fatigue (six items), and cognitive fatigue (six items).…”

“…18 It has often been used in childhood cancer patients. 1,19,20 This 18-item questionnaire has three subscales: general fatigue (six items), sleep/rest fatigue (six items), and cognitive fatigue (six items).…”

Health Related Quality of Life among Adolescents Surviving Cancer : A Review

“…All reviewed articles show that emotional functioning score among adolescents surviving cancer did not significantly differ from emotional functioning among healthy controls (Dijk et al, 2007;Eilertsen et al, 2012;Kupeli et al, 2011;Mort, Salantera, Matomaki, Salmi, Lahteenmaki, 2011;Meeske et al, 2007;Servitzoglou et al, 2007;Wu et al, 2007).…”

“…Several studies reveal that adolescents surviving cancer had good school functioning compared with healthy controls (Dijk et al, 2007;Eilertsen et al, 2012;Meeske et al, 2007;Mort et al, 2011;Wu et al, 2007) but Kupeli and his team found that adolescents surviving cancer had a significant lower score in school function compared with healthy controls (Kupeli et al, 2011).…”