title: Fatigue in cancer survivors--prevalence and correlates.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and influencing factors of fatigue in cancer survivors.
  
  
  METHODS
  646 cancer survivors completed the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20), in addition to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Quality Of Life questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30), the subscale 'social support' of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale (FACT), the Perceived Adjustment to Chronic Illness Scale (PACIS), and a questionnaire containing items on demographic and clinical data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  36% of cancer survivors suffer from moderate, 12% from severe fatigue. Fatigue was significantly associated with depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, adjustment to the illness, pain, dyspnoea, age, lacking social support, and sex. Other socio-demographic, cancer-related, and treatment-related factors had no influence on fatigue.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fatigue in cancer survivors is strongly linked to physical and psychological aspects.
authors.affiliation: Selbständige Abteilung für Sozialmedizin, Universität Leipzig, Germany. Susanne.kuhnt@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuhnt
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Jens Ulrich
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Rüffer
authors.forename: Rolf-Dieter
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kortmann
authors.forename: Jens-Uwe
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Stolzenburg
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011584:Psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors