Characterization of fatigue under the affective dimension of the pipe scale reviewed in women with breast neoplasia undergoing chemotherapy treatment

doi:10.37118/ijdr.19952.09.2020

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to characterize fatigue in women with breast neoplasia submitted to chemotherapy treatment under the affective dimension of the Piper Scale - Reviewed.Materials and Methods: It was a descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach and it was carried out in the Outpatient Unit of a specialized clinic in Mammary Pathology of the Pernambuco Cancer Hospital (PCH). The data collection procedure was carried out by signing the Free and Informed Consent Term (FICT) and later responded to the collection instrument at Piper's Fatigue Scale - Revised.Results: The results of the study revealed that the destructive characteristic of fatigue, presented higher mean (6.40), as well as higher level of fatigue (prevalence) felt by the patients. 25.6% of the women described their fatigue with the maximum value of the scale, that is, as this unpleasant. It was observed that 80 patients (25.2%) outlined their fatigue as being more negative, thus marking the maximum extreme (ten) of the series. Conclusion: In view of this, it is necessary to have strategies to relieve the symptoms affected by the treatment.

Highlights

Cancer is characterized by being a very diversified pathology, since it presents itself under innumerable nuances in terms of malignancy, location and causality
The presence of fatigue as a chemotherapeutic side effect in women with breast cancer, broadening its dissemination in the literature, a guiding question supported the interest in the study: What is the intensity of fatigue under the affective dimension of the Piper Scale - Reviewed in women with breast neoplasms submitted to chemotherapy treatment? And the answer to this question was if it was the objective of this study
It is concluded that using the Piper scale to assess the affective dimension of fatigue in women undergoing chemotherapy treatment, the results of this study revealed a high level of fatigue, predominantly attributed as unpleasant, unacceptable and destructive

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Introduction

Cancer is characterized by being a very diversified pathology, since it presents itself under innumerable nuances in terms of malignancy, location and causality. Cristina Albuquerque Douberin et al, Characterization of fatigue under the affective dimension of the pipe scale reviewed in women with breast neoplasia undergoing chemotherapy treatment cancer. There are many symptoms caused by the chemotherapy treatment of cancer, including breast cancer, but fatigue is still little explored in the national literature, which makes its management and knowledge somewhat obscure. In this study, such symptom gained a prominent place and will serve as a guide for its design, since it is one of the most reported by these patients. The presence of fatigue as a chemotherapeutic side effect in women with breast cancer, broadening its dissemination in the literature, a guiding question supported the interest in the study: What is the intensity of fatigue under the affective dimension of the Piper Scale - Reviewed in women with breast neoplasms submitted to chemotherapy treatment? And the answer to this question was if it was the objective of this study

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