Interventions minimizing fatigue in children/adolescents with cancer: An integrative review.
J Child Health Care
; 22(2): 186-204, 2018 06.
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| ID: mdl-29361838
Fatigue is among the most common, debilitating, and distressing symptoms associated with chronic condition in pediatric population. The purpose of this study was to identify non-pharmacological fatigue interventions in children and adolescents with cancer. For this, we carried out an integrative review of the literature from January 2000 to December 2016. A comprehensive search of four databases was conducted: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Psychology Information, Medline via PubMed, and Web of Science. Randomized controlled trial, quasi-experimental, case-control and cohort studies were included in this review. Thirteen relevant studies were included for analysis. Seven papers reported positive outcomes for exercise, exercise plus leisure activities, healing touch and acupressure. In another six papers using exercise, exercise plus psychological intervention and massage, no effectiveness was found. Effective management of fatigue in children and adolescents is important but research in this area is limited, so the results of this review should be interpreted cautiously. Future researchers are encouraged to test the effective interventions in homogenous cancer populations and in other groups where fatigue is a common concern.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
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Tipos_de_cancer
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Outros_tipos
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença Crônica
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Terapia por Exercício
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Fadiga
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Child Health Care
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil