The effect of symptom frequency on the fatigue and sleep quality of adolescent cancer patients


Kudubes A. A., BEKTAŞ M., BEKTAŞ İ., SELEKOĞLU OK Y., Altan S. S., AYAR D.

CHILDRENS HEALTH CARE, cilt.46, sa.4, ss.421-438, 2017 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/02739615.2016.1227936
  • Dergi Adı: CHILDRENS HEALTH CARE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.421-438
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was performed in order to determine the effects of frequency of symptoms of adolescents with cancer on sleeping quality and fatigue. In order to collect the data, the Children Information Form, Symptom Evaluation Form, the Fatigue Assessment Scale for Pediatric Oncology Patients Between the Ages of 13 and 18 years, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used. Percentage calculations, mean, one-way variance analysis, and advanced analysis such as Scheffe tests were used. p<0.05 was accepted as the significance. As the symptom frequencies increased in adolescents, total fatigue scale and its subdimension scores decreased and sleep quality total scores increased. There was a low relationship between the scores of symptom frequency and fatigue scale, there was a moderate association between scores of symptom frequency and the sleep quality scale scores, and there was a high relationship between the scores of fatigue (p<0.001). As the symptom frequencies increased in adolescents, total fatigue scale and its subdimension scores decreased and sleep quality total scores increased.