Title |
An examination of cancer-related fatigue through proposed diagnostic criteria in a sample of cancer patients in Taiwan
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Published in |
BMC Cancer, September 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2407-11-387 |
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Authors |
En-Tien Yeh, Shu-Chuen Lau, Wei-Ju Su, Duu-Jian Tsai, Ying-Yueh Tu, Yuen-Liang Lai |
Abstract |
Fatigue among cancer patients has often been reported in the literature; however, great variations have been documented, ranging from 15% to 90%, probably due to the lack of a widely accepted definition and established diagnostic criteria for cancer-related fatigue. The objective of this study was to evaluate the proposed International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (10th revision) (ICD-10) criteria in a sample of cancer patients from a medical center and a regional teaching hospital in northern Taiwan. More accurate prevalence estimates of CRF may result in improved diagnoses and management of one of the most common symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment. |
X Demographics
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Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Taiwan | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 45 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 7 | 15% |
Student > Master | 7 | 15% |
Other | 6 | 13% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
Researcher | 3 | 7% |
Other | 8 | 17% |
Unknown | 12 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 43% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 7% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 2% |
Other | 4 | 9% |
Unknown | 14 | 30% |