Cancer-Related Fatigue Across Sensory, Behavioral, Cognitive, Affective Domains and HRV metrics: A Prevalence Study
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https://doi.org/10.29070/sd9zwm05Keywords:
Cancer-related fatigue, Revised Piper Fatigue Scale, Sensory fatigue, Heart rate Variability (HRV) post-chemotherapy fatigue, Quality of LifeAbstract
Background/Objective: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a multidimensional symptom impacting physical, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional domains. This study evaluates the prevalence of CRF using the Revised Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS-R) across sensory, behavioral, cognitive, and affective domains and Heart rate variability (HRV) among cancer patients’ post-chemotherapy.
Methods: A cross-sectional prevalence study was conducted among 253 post-chemotherapy cancer patients. Demographic data, fatigue severity (assessed using PFS-R and Brief Fatigue Inventory), and biometric measures (HRV) were analyzed.
Results: The sample consisted of 57.3% males and 42.7% females. Fatigue was most prevalent in the 50–60 age group (34.4%). Lung cancer patients reported the highest fatigue levels (BFI: 8.31 ± 0.88), and breast cancer patients the lowest (BFI: 8.06 ± 0.95). Sensory fatigue was the highest domain-specific score (7.85 ± 1.12). Gender and age showed minimal variation.
Conclusion: CRF is highly prevalent among cancer patients, particularly in lung cancer cases. These findings emphasize the importance of comprehensive fatigue management strategies to improve quality of life.
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