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Putting Evidence Into Practice: Evidence-Based Interventions for Fatigue During and Following Cancer and Its Treatment

Sandra A. Mitchell

Susan Beck

Linda E. Hood

Katen Moore

Ellen R. Tanner

interventions, cancer-related fatigue
CJON 2007, 11(1), 99-113. DOI: 10.1188/07.CJON.99-113

Download the 2014 revision to Putting Evidence Into Practice interventions for fatigue for free at https://cjon.ons.org/file/13991/download by Mitchell et al., CJON, 18(6, Suppl.), 38-58.

Cancer-related fatigue has a significant impact on patients' physical and psychosocial functioning, symptom distress, and quality of life, yet it remains under-recognized and undertreated. The Oncology Nursing Society's Putting Evidence Into Practice initiative sought to improve patient outcomes relative to this important problem by critically examining and summarizing the evidence base for interventions to prevent and manage fatigue during and following treatment. This article critically reviews and summarizes the available empirical evidence regarding interventions for cancer-related fatigue. In addition to offering patients and clinicians a tool to facilitate effective management of the distressing symptom, this evidence-based review identifies gaps in knowledge and research opportunities.

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