Determinants of the Higher Prevalence and Severity of Subjective Cognitive Impairment in Cancer Patients Compared to Healthy Subjects: Fatigue and Stress

Hee-Ju Kim and Ivo Abraham

Clinical Nursing Research, 2021, vol. 30, issue 6, 809-817

Abstract: This study examined whether (a) cancer patients in two cohorts reported greater subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) in prevalence and severity than noncancer healthy controls; and (b) selected psychoneurological factors (fatigue, stress, and sleep disturbance) contribute to such differences. Data from 60 prechemotherapy cancer patients, 81 active-chemotherapy cancer patients, and 116 noncancer healthy controls were analyzed using hierarchical regressions. The prevalence rate of SCI was higher in the prechemotherapy cancer cohort (41.6%) and in the active-chemotherapy cancer cohort (46.9%) than in healthy controls (21.5%; p  

Keywords: cognitive impairment; cognitive function; oncology; chemotherapy; fatigue; stress; sleep (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773820957474

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