Bo Ryun Kim1, Min Ho Chun, Eun Young Han, Don-Kyu Kim. 1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital, University of Jeju College of Medicine, 1753-3 Ara-1dong, Jeju, 690-767, Jeju, Republic of Korea. umcute@hotmail.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study seeks to investigate the fatigue severity and the relationship among fatigue and other associated factors in patients with brain tumors, and to evaluate the rehabilitation outcome on fatigue. DESIGN: We assessed 25 patients in whom brain tumors had been resected and transferred to the rehabilitation department of our hospital. Patients were evaluated for fatigue severity using the Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS) and the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), for mood using the Beck Depression Inventory, for motor function using the Motricity Index (MI), for functional status using the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) scale and the Modified Barthel Index (MBI), and for quality-of-life using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of-Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30). We also measured the levels of serum hemoglobin, C-reactive protein, albumin, and creatine kinase; and anthropometric variables before and 4 weeks after rehabilitation. RESULTS: Of the 25 patients, 21 (84.0%) reported fatigue during the previous week. The average PFS score was 4.6 ± 1.8 and the average BFI score 5.2 ± 2.2, indicating the moderate level of fatigue. Patients with recurrent tumors had significantly higher PFS scores than did those with initial tumors. Fatigue correlated significantly with the KPS, MBI, and EORTC QLQ-C30 physical functioning and insomnia scales. In addition, insomnia was a significant predictor of fatigue before rehabilitation, and the baseline fatigue scales, MBI, MI, and EORTC QLQ-C30 physical functioning scale were the important independent predictors of fatigue after rehabilitation. During rehabilitation, the KPS, MBI, and MI scores improved significantly, whereas total PFS and BFI scores did not change. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that patients with brain tumors commonly complain of moderate level of fatigue, which may reduce daily functioning and quality of life, with sleep disturbance being a significant predictor of fatigue. During rehabilitation, functional outcomes and motor power showed improvements in those patients, not aggravating fatigue.
OBJECTIVES: This study seeks to investigate the fatigue severity and the relationship among fatigue and other associated factors in patients with brain tumors, and to evaluate the rehabilitation outcome on fatigue. DESIGN: We assessed 25 patients in whom brain tumors had been resected and transferred to the rehabilitation department of our hospital. Patients were evaluated for fatigue severity using the Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS) and the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), for mood using the Beck Depression Inventory, for motor function using the Motricity Index (MI), for functional status using the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) scale and the Modified Barthel Index (MBI), and for quality-of-life using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of-Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30). We also measured the levels of serum hemoglobin, C-reactive protein, albumin, and creatine kinase; and anthropometric variables before and 4 weeks after rehabilitation. RESULTS: Of the 25 patients, 21 (84.0%) reported fatigue during the previous week. The average PFS score was 4.6 ± 1.8 and the average BFI score 5.2 ± 2.2, indicating the moderate level of fatigue. Patients with recurrent tumors had significantly higher PFS scores than did those with initial tumors. Fatigue correlated significantly with the KPS, MBI, and EORTC QLQ-C30 physical functioning and insomnia scales. In addition, insomnia was a significant predictor of fatigue before rehabilitation, and the baseline fatigue scales, MBI, MI, and EORTC QLQ-C30 physical functioning scale were the important independent predictors of fatigue after rehabilitation. During rehabilitation, the KPS, MBI, and MI scores improved significantly, whereas total PFS and BFI scores did not change. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that patients with brain tumors commonly complain of moderate level of fatigue, which may reduce daily functioning and quality of life, with sleep disturbance being a significant predictor of fatigue. During rehabilitation, functional outcomes and motor power showed improvements in those patients, not aggravating fatigue.
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