HATİCE YORULMAZ, ŞEYMA KÜRTÜNLÜ, ÇAĞLA TÜRKYILMAZ, NERMİN KARAHALİLOĞLU, NALAN HACIOĞLU, ELİF YORULMAZ
Turkish Journal of Oncology - 2019;34(3):145-152
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the factors affecting fatigue impact, severity, and anxiety levels in patients with cancer. METHODS Data were collected by applying the information form, Beck Anxiety Scale, Fatigue Impact Scale, and Fatigue Severity Scale to 286 patients with cancer. Statistical analysis was performed by t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Tukey analysis, and Pearson"s correlation coefficient. RESULTS It was found that 80.1% of the participants were married, 60.8% graduated from primary school, 38.9% were housewives, 62.9% had an average income, 79% had been diagnosed for 6?24 months, 34.3% had adequate information related to illness, and 81.46% had never taken any psychological help. In the study, it was observed that patients who were in the age group of 65-89 age, illiterate, poor economic status, non-working, and those who think that fatigue and anxiety symptoms are the result of treatment suffer from fatigue more severely in their daily live. At the same time, patients who were female, illiterate, tradesmen, had bad economic status, non-working, and with fatigue and anxiety symptoms dependent on treatment had more intense level of fatigue (p<0.05). CONCLUSION It would be appropriate to provide different education programs to patients with cancer about fatigue and anxiety by taking into account the group variables.
