Increased fatigue and reduced quality of life after treatment of cervical cancer

Authors

  • Glauciane Augusto Pessôa Universidade de Brasília
  • Janaina Almeida Fernandes Universida de Brasília-UnB
  • João Paulo Chieregato Matheus Unibersidade de Brasília- UnB
  • Liana Barbaresco Gomide Matheus Unibersidade de Brasília- UnB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v15n4.6767

Keywords:

Fatigue, Quality of life, Uterine cervical neoplasms, Chemoradiotherapy.

Abstract

Introduction: cervical cancer (CC) causes physical and emotional damage and is a major public health problem. Objective: to evaluate fatigue, functional capacity and quality of life before and after treatment with chemoradiotherapy for CC. Method: the evaluation of fatigue and quality of life were performed through questionnaires the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) and Functional Assessment of Chronic Therapy (FACT-Cx), respectively, and the functional capacity by direct measurement by the Test of the step (TD6). Eleven women participated with CC. Graphpad Prism® was used for statistics. Results: after chemoradiotherapy, there was a significant increase in fatigue (from 2.80 to 4.83), a significant reduction in quality of life (from 107.8 to 88.1) and reduction in functional capacity (from 91 steps to 82 steps). Conclusion: increased fatigue and reduced quality of life were observed one week after the completion of chemoradiotherapy for CC.

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Author Biographies

Glauciane Augusto Pessôa, Universidade de Brasília

Fisioterapeuta - Universidade de Brasília - UnB Especialista em Fisioterapia Hospitalar - SES/DF

Janaina Almeida Fernandes, Universida de Brasília-UnB

Fisioterapeuta - Universidade de Brasília - UnB Especialista em Fisioterapia Hospitalar - SES/DF

João Paulo Chieregato Matheus, Unibersidade de Brasília- UnB

Professor Doutor do Curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade de Brasília-UnB. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Tecnologias em Saúde - UnB/FCE.

Liana Barbaresco Gomide Matheus, Unibersidade de Brasília- UnB

Professora Doutora do Curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade de Brasília-UnB. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação- UnB/FCE.

Published

2017-04-19

How to Cite

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Pessôa GA, Fernandes JA, Matheus JPC, Matheus LBG. Increased fatigue and reduced quality of life after treatment of cervical cancer. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2017 Apr. 19 [cited 2024 Jul. 2];15(4):564-7. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/6767

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