Trajectories of fatigue in family caregivers of patients undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer |
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| Authors: | Barbara A. Swore Fletcher Karen L. Schumacher Marylin Dodd Steven M. Paul Bruce A. Cooper Kathryn Lee Claudia West Bradley E. Aouizerat Patrick S. Swift William Wara Christine Miaskowski |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Nebraska College of Nursing, Omaha, NE;2. Assistant Professor.;3. Associate Professor.;4. University of California, San Francisco, CA;5. Professor.;6. Principal Statistician.;7. Senior Statistician.;8. Clinical Professor.;9. Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center, Berkley, CA;10. Director of Radiation Oncology.;11. Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. |
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| Abstract: | Predictors of and trajectories for evening and morning fatigue were evaluated in family caregivers of oncology patients using hierarchical linear modeling. Evening fatigue trajectory fit a quadratic model. Predictors included baseline sleep disturbances in family caregivers and baseline evening fatigue in patients. Morning fatigue trajectory fit a linear model. Predictors were baseline trait anxiety, levels of perceived family support, and baseline morning fatigue in patients. Findings suggest considerable inter‐individual variability in the trajectories of evening and morning fatigue. Evaluating family caregivers for sleep disturbance, anxiety, and poor family support, as well as high levels of patient fatigue, could identify those family caregivers at highest risk for sustained fatigue trajectories. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 32:125–139, 2009 |
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| Keywords: | fatigue trajectories family caregivers radiation therapy prostate cancer hierarchical linear modeling |
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