Association of Fatigue with Perceived Stress in Chinese Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer Awaiting Adjuvant Radiotherapy

Cancer‐related fatigue (CRF) is common in women with breast cancer, but little is known of its relationship with perceived stress. We conducted a cross‐sectional study to explore the associations of CRF with perceived stress, anxiety, depression, pain and sleep quality in 133 Chinese women (aged 25–...

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Published in:Stress and health 2015-08, Vol.31 (3), p.214-221
Main Authors: Ho, Rainbow T. H., Kwan, Tracy T. C., Cheung, Irene K. M., Chan, Caitlin K. P., Lo, Phyllis H. Y., Yip, Paul S. F., Luk, Mai-yee, Chan, Cecilia L. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
anxiety
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Cancer
cancer-related fatigue
Chinese
Cross-Sectional Studies
Fatigue
Fatigue - psychology
Female
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Humans
Middle Aged
Oncology
Pain - psychology
perceived stress
Quantitative psychology
Radiation therapy
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Sleep - physiology
Stress response
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Cancer‐related fatigue (CRF) is common in women with breast cancer, but little is known of its relationship with perceived stress. We conducted a cross‐sectional study to explore the associations of CRF with perceived stress, anxiety, depression, pain and sleep quality in 133 Chinese women (aged 25–68 years) with early stage breast cancer. The majority of women had completed surgery and chemotherapy and were awaiting radiotherapy. Self‐administered questionnaires consisting of the Brief Fatigue Inventory, Perceived Stress Scale‐10, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Brief Pain Inventory, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were used to collect data. Forty‐five per cent of the women were severely fatigued. Compared with local healthy women and US breast cancer patients, the group's mean perceived stress score was significantly higher (both p 
ISSN:1532-3005
1532-2998
DOI:10.1002/smi.2548