Сестрински интервенции за управление на умората при пациенти с карцином, провеждащи лъчелечение
Nursing interventions for managing fatigue in cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy
Author(s): Kalina Katrandzhieva, Katya EguruzeSubject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Издателство на Медицински университет “Проф. д-р П. Стоянов“ - Варна
Keywords: nursing intervention; radiation therapy; fatigue management
Summary/Abstract: Radiation-induced fatigue is a common early and chronic side effect of radiation therapy, reported by up to 80% of patients, during radiation therapy and respectively at 30% of follow-up visits. Fatigue is often underestimated by medical and nursing staff, only about 50% of patients discuss it with a doctor and in a quarter of the cases the patient is offered any intervention. This literature review identifies non-pharmacological interventions for fatigue management that nurses can independently initiate and implement, and describes these interventions in detail. The ultimate goal is to provide nurses with intervention-specific knowledge needed to guide their implementation in daily practice
Journal: Социална медицина
- Issue Year: 29/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 18-23
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Bulgarian