Cancer-related Fatigue and its Relationship with Demographic and Clinical Characteristics in Cancer Patients

Fatigue experience is a psychological experience; therefore, the relevant caregivers’ acquaintance with this issueis the most important step in offering optimal care for the patients. Accordingly, this study was conductedto determine Cancer-related Fatigue and its Relationship with Demographic and Clinical Characteristics inCancer Patients. cancer diagnosis is a highly undesirable event for anyone. and Gorgan’s 5th Azar Teaching Hospital in 2012, who were selected with a purposive sampling method,participated in the study for 4 months. The required information was collected using a demographic and clinicalcharacteristics form and the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory. The data were analyzed with the SPSS-18 software and t-test and ANOVA Linear regression were used.In this analytical study, 150 cancer patients visiting the oncology unit, the Shafa Radiotherapy Center of treatment, 51.3% used chemotherapy-surgery-radiotherapy regimen, 24.7% surgery-chemotherapy regimen, 14% used chemotherapy, 7.3% used radiotherapy, and 2.7% used surgery. The overall mean score of fatigue was 54.65±8.78 from 100. The variables of residence (P=0. 018), the duration of marriage (P=0.018), the treatment regimen type (P<0.000), and the family’s economic status (P<0.000) were found to The patients’ mean age was 48.39±1.5 Of the patients, 55.3% had undergone less than 12 months have a significant relationship with fatigue. In regression model, only place of residence (P=0.004) remained in model. Psychological interventions, besides physical caring and nursing interventions play a significant role in the all-inclusive management of cancer patients’ problems, in particular, their fatigue.