PURPOSE/ OBJECTIVES: To determine the relationship between fatigue and physical activity in older patients with cancer. DESIGN: Targeted analysis using data from a prospective longitudinal study. SETTING: A cancer care facility in southeastern Ontario, Canada. SAMPLE: 440 patients, aged 65 years and older, seeking consultation for cancer treatment at a regional cancer clinic for lymphoma or leukemia or lung, breast, genitourinary, head or neck, gastrointestinal, or skin cancers. METHODS: Self-report questionnaires were mailed to consenting participants and completed at baseline and three and six months after consultation for cancer treatment. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Participants rated fatigue and physical activity and reported comorbidities and personal demographic characteristics. Clinical measures of disease and treatment factors were obtained through chart abstraction. FINDINGS: Fatigue was the most prevalent symptom reported. Higher fatigue was associated with lower physical activity levels. Physical activity level significantly predicted fatigue level, regardless of age. CONCLUSIONS: Physical activity level is a modifiable factor significantly predicting cancer-related fatigue at three and six months following consultation for cancer treatment. The results suggest that physical activity may reduce fatigue in older patients with cancer. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Physical activity interventions should be developed and tested in older patients with cancer.
PURPOSE/ OBJECTIVES: To determine the relationship between fatigue and physical activity in older patients with cancer. DESIGN: Targeted analysis using data from a prospective longitudinal study. SETTING: A cancer care facility in southeastern Ontario, Canada. SAMPLE: 440 patients, aged 65 years and older, seeking consultation for cancer treatment at a regional cancer clinic for lymphoma or leukemia or lung, breast, genitourinary, head or neck, gastrointestinal, or skin cancers. METHODS: Self-report questionnaires were mailed to consenting participants and completed at baseline and three and six months after consultation for cancer treatment. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Participants rated fatigue and physical activity and reported comorbidities and personal demographic characteristics. Clinical measures of disease and treatment factors were obtained through chart abstraction. FINDINGS:Fatigue was the most prevalent symptom reported. Higher fatigue was associated with lower physical activity levels. Physical activity level significantly predicted fatigue level, regardless of age. CONCLUSIONS: Physical activity level is a modifiable factor significantly predicting cancer-related fatigue at three and six months following consultation for cancer treatment. The results suggest that physical activity may reduce fatigue in older patients with cancer. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Physical activity interventions should be developed and tested in older patients with cancer.
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