Sadia Malik, Aaisha Sadaf.
Impact of cancer-related fatigue on psychological semiology among cancer patients.
Pak J Med Res Jan ;57(1):20-3.

Objectives: To identify the impact of cancer-related fatigue on the psychological semiology (including hopelessness, stress, anxiety and depression) among cancer patients. Study design, settings and duration: This cross-sectional study was carried out at oncology departments of various hospitals of Lahore from November 2014 to May 2015. Subjects and Methods: A purposive sample of 200 cancer patients was drawn from the oncology departments of various hospitals of Lahore city. The Chalder Fatigue Scale was used to measure cancer-related fatigue. Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale and Psychological Capital Scale were used to measure psychological semiology. Results: There were 108 males and 92 female cancer patients with mean age of 41.3 ± 9.1 years. Findings indicated that cancer-related fatigue had significant negative correlation with hope and significantly positive correlation with depression, anxiety and stress. Result further indicated that both mental and physical fatigue had significant impact on mental health but impact of mental fatigue on stress level of cancer patient were found to be non-significant. Conclusion: Present study revealed significant relationship between cancer-related fatigue, hope, depression, anxiety and stress. It was further concluded that both mental and physical cancer related fatigue had significant impact on psychological semiology among cancer patients.

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