Occurrence and predictors of the fatigue in high-grade glioma patients

Irene Aprile; Silvia Chiesa; Luca Padua; Chiara Di Blasi; Maria Felice Arezzo; Vincenzo Valentini; Enrico Di Stasio; Mario Balducci

doi:10.1007/s10072-015-2111-7

Occurrence and predictors of the fatigue in high-grade glioma patients

Irene Aprile, Silvia Chiesa, Luca Padua, Chiara Di Blasi, Maria Felice Arezzo, Vincenzo Valentini, Enrico Di Stasio, Mario Balducci

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Abstract

A better knowledge of the fatigue could be of the greatest importance for the high-grade glioma (HGG) patients, who are a unique and vulnerable population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and the predictors of the fatigue in HGG patients, using a specific fatigue scale. The study was designed as a cross-sectional study. The study population included sixty-seven consecutive outpatients with HGG. We used these measures: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Karnofsky Performance Scale, Functional Independence Measure, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and Psychological Distress Inventory and SF-36, EORTC QLQ-30 and EORTC QLQ-BN20 for quality of life (QoL). Sixteen out of sixty-seven (23.9 %) patients were affected by Anaplastic Astrocytoma and 51/67 (76.1 %) by Glioblastoma Multiforme. About one-third (36.2 %) of patients had a clinically relevant fatigue (Brief Fatigue Inventory ≥3). In regression analysis, physical and mental aspects of QoL were statistically significant related with fatigue (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1363-1369
Number of pages	7
Journal	Neurological Sciences
Volume	36
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-015-2111-7
Publication status	Published - Feb 20 2015

Keywords

Fatigue
Glioma
Performance
Quality of life
Rehabilitation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Dermatology

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