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Fatigue and associated factors among adult cancer patients receiving cancer treatment at oncology unit in Amhara region, Ethiopia by Lingerew Animaw; Teshager Woldegiorgis Abate; Destaw Endeshaw; Dejen Tsegaye is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Introduction Fatigue is one of the most commonly and frequently reported symptoms by cancer patients. The cause of fatigue is multifactorial in origin, and its impact varies in range from affecting patients’ daily social life, and physical, mental, economic, and social well-being to becoming a threat to their quality of life. Therefore every cancer patient needs to be screened for fatigue and considered as one of the vital signs. ## Objective To assess the prevalence of fatigue and associated factors among adult cancer patients, receiving cancer treatment at the oncology unit in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2022. ## Method Institutional-based, cross-sectional study was conducted among adult cancer patients receiving cancer treatment from May 9th–June 8th, 2022. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select study participants. Data were entered into Epi data version 4.6 and then exported to the SPSS statistical package version 23 for further analysis. Both bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were carried out. P-values <0.05 in multivariable logistic regression were considered statistically significant. ## Results The prevalence of cancer-related fati

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Author

Lingerew Animaw; Teshager Woldegiorgis Abate; Destaw Endeshaw; Dejen Tsegaye

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)