The relationship between learned resourcefulness and cancer-related fatigue in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Abstracto
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effect of learned resourcefulness on fatigue symptoms in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) receiving chemotherapy.
METHODS
Quasi-experimental with repeated measures.
METHODS
Two large hospitals in Israel.
METHODS
46 patients with NHL.
METHODS
On the first day of a cycle of chemotherapy treatment, participants completed questionnaires assessing fatigue and learned resourcefulness. Fatigue was assessed again after 10 and 21 days.
METHODS
Cancer-related fatigue, learned resourcefulness.
RESULTS
Fatigue increased 10 days following chemotherapy treatment and returned to pretreatment levels at day 21. Learned resourcefulness correlated negatively with each of the three measurements of fatigue. In addition, a calculated partial correlation showed the specific effect of learned resourcefulness on chemotherapy-related fatigue.
CONCLUSIONS
The findings showed a negative correlation between a physiologic variable (fatigue) and a psychological variable (learned resourcefulness), which is related to individual coping ability.
CONCLUSIONS
Nurses should receive education about learned resourcefulness to potentially help patients with cancer cope with chemotherapy-related fatigue.
CONCLUSIONS
As learned resourcefulness was negatively correlated with chemotherapy-related fatigue in patients with NHL, having this personality trait may help those patients manage fatigue.
