A better knowledge of the fatigue could be of the greatest importance for the high-grade glioma (HGG) patients, who are a unique and vulnerable population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and the predictors of the fatigue in HGG patients, using a specific fatigue scale. The study was designed as a cross-sectional study. The study population included sixty-seven consecutive outpatients with HGG. We used these measures: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Karnofsky Performance Scale, Functional Independence Measure, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and Psychological Distress Inventory and SF-36, EORTC QLQ-30 and EORTC QLQ-BN20 for quality of life (QoL). Sixteen out of sixty-seven (23.9 %) patients were affected by Anaplastic Astrocytoma and 51/67 (76.1 %) by Glioblastoma Multiforme. About one-third (36.2 %) of patients had a clinically relevant fatigue (Brief Fatigue Inventory C3). In regression analysis, physical and mental aspects of QoL were statistically significant related with fatigue (p\0.01 and p\0.02, respectively). Our data underlined the relevant occurrence of fatigue in HGG patients and support the development of further studies exploring a tailored rehabilitation program

Occurrence and predictors of the fatigue in high-grade glioma patients / Aprile, Irene; Chiesa, Silvia; Padua, Luca; Di Blasi, Chiara; Arezzo, Maria Felice; Valentini, Vincenzo; Di Stasio, Enrico; Balducci, Mario. - In: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1590-1874. - STAMPA. - 36:8(2015), pp. 1363-1369. [10.1007/s10072-015-2111-7]

Occurrence and predictors of the fatigue in high-grade glioma patients

AREZZO, Maria Felice;
2015

Abstract

A better knowledge of the fatigue could be of the greatest importance for the high-grade glioma (HGG) patients, who are a unique and vulnerable population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and the predictors of the fatigue in HGG patients, using a specific fatigue scale. The study was designed as a cross-sectional study. The study population included sixty-seven consecutive outpatients with HGG. We used these measures: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Karnofsky Performance Scale, Functional Independence Measure, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and Psychological Distress Inventory and SF-36, EORTC QLQ-30 and EORTC QLQ-BN20 for quality of life (QoL). Sixteen out of sixty-seven (23.9 %) patients were affected by Anaplastic Astrocytoma and 51/67 (76.1 %) by Glioblastoma Multiforme. About one-third (36.2 %) of patients had a clinically relevant fatigue (Brief Fatigue Inventory C3). In regression analysis, physical and mental aspects of QoL were statistically significant related with fatigue (p\0.01 and p\0.02, respectively). Our data underlined the relevant occurrence of fatigue in HGG patients and support the development of further studies exploring a tailored rehabilitation program
2015
Fatigue; Glioma; Performance; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Neurology (clinical); Psychiatry and Mental Health;
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Occurrence and predictors of the fatigue in high-grade glioma patients / Aprile, Irene; Chiesa, Silvia; Padua, Luca; Di Blasi, Chiara; Arezzo, Maria Felice; Valentini, Vincenzo; Di Stasio, Enrico; Balducci, Mario. - In: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1590-1874. - STAMPA. - 36:8(2015), pp. 1363-1369. [10.1007/s10072-015-2111-7]
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