Assessment of fatigue in children and adolescents with cancer and its relations with sleep patterns and quality of life

• Grant number: 12/00091-3
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): June 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): December 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Pediatric Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Lucila Castanheira Nascimento
• Grantee: Michelle Darezzo Rodrigues Nunes
• Supervisor abroad: Eufemia Jacob
• Home Institution: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto (EERP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Research place: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 10/20055-6 - Assessment of fatigue in children and adolescents with cancer and its relations with sleep patterns and quality of life, BP.DR

Abstract

The clinical trial suggests that cancer patients show more often multiple symptoms, which include fatigue, sleep disorders, pain and depression, and this set of symptoms are directly associated to the worst functional state or the decrease in quality of life. The objectives of the trial are a) evaluate the fatigue, sleep pattern and quality of life in children and adolescents with cancer; b) describe the relationship between fatigue, sleep patterns and quality of life in children and adolescents with cancer. To that end, we will perform a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The participants will be children and adolescents with ongoing cancer at a public hospital in the countryside of the state of São Paulo. We will use an instrument to measure the fatigue (PedsQL "Multidimensional Fatigue Scale"), two instruments to evaluate the quality of life (PedsQL" Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, Generic Core and Cancer Module" and a device to evaluate the sleep and wake patterns (Wrist Actigraph). To analyze the data, the descriptive statistic and Pearson`s correlation coefficient will be used, to comply with the objectives "a" and "b" respectively. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RODRIGUES NUNES, MICHELLE DAREZZO; NASCIMENTO, LUCILA CASTANHEIRA; FERNANDES, ANANDA MARIA; BATALHA, LUIS; DE CAMPOS, CATARINA; GONCALVES, ANA; ANDRADE BIAGGI LEITE, ANA CAROLINA; ALVARENGA, WILLYANE DE ANDRADE; GARCIA DE LIMA, REGINA APARECIDA; JACOB, EUFEMIA. Pain, sleep patterns and health-related quality of life in paediatric patients with cancer. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE, v. 28, n. 4, SI JUL 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

RODRIGUES NUNES, MICHELLE DAREZZO; JACOB, EUFEMIA; ADLARD, KATHLEEN; SECOLA, RITA; NASCIMENTO, LUCILA CASTANHEIRA. Fatigue and Sleep Experiences at Home in Children and Adolescents With Cancer. ONCOLOGY NURSING FORUM, v. 42, n. 5, p. 498-506, SEP 2015. Web of Science Citations: 6.