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Article: The experience of fatigue in Turkish patients receiving chemotherapy.(Clinical report)
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- Oncology Nursing Forum
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Purpose/Objectives: To determine the experience of fatigue in Turkish patients receiving chemotherapy.
Design: Descriptive.
Setting: Outpatient unit in a large university hospital in Ankara, Turkey.
Sample: 100 patients randomly chosen from those who were undergoing chemotherapy at the outpatient unit.
Methods: Data were collected using a personal information form developed by the investigator and a visual analog scale for fatigue.
Main Research Variables: Measures taken by patients to cope with fatigue, fatigue experienced by individuals affecting their daily activities, age and gender, disease and treatment factors, and ...