Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 217-223 , August 2010

Age-Associated Differences in Fatigue Among Patients with Cancer

Portions of these findings were presented at the 2008 meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine.

  • Zeeshan Butt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Zeeshan Butt, PhD, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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  • Arati V. Rao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Jin-Shei Lai, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Amy P. Abernethy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Sarah K. Rosenbloom, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • David Cella, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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    Fatigue in the general population and among cancer patients with advancing age. Bars represent means+95% confidence interval. Across both groups, there was evidence for increased fatigue with age (F[6

    Fatigue in the general population and among cancer patients with advancing age. Bars represent means+95% confidence interval. Across both groups, there was evidence for increased fatigue with age (F[6,1797]=3.53, P<0.01) but no group×age interaction (P>0.25).

 Funding source: A subset of the data analyzed for this study was collected as part of National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 CA60068 (Principal Investigator: David Cella, PhD). Manuscript preparation supported in part by grant UL1RR025741 from the National Center for Research Resources, NIH.

 Disclosures: Dr. Butt has received grant support from and served as a consultant for Ortho Biotech and has served as a consultant for Johnson & Johnson. Dr. Cella has received grant support from Ortho Biotech. The other authors have no disclosures.

PII: S0885-3924(10)00312-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.12.016

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 217-223 , August 2010

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