Prevalencia de la fatiga en cáncer infantil e interferencia en las actividades de la vida cotidiana.

Abstract

Fatigue is a complication that affects patients with childhood cancer approximately 65%. Objective. Analyze the prevalence of fatigue in children and adolescents with cancer and its interference in daily life activities. Materials and methods. The focus of the research is quantitative, with descriptive scope, based on the variables fatigue, age, sex and type of cancer, has a nonexperimental design and the instruments that were used are clinical history, database and brief inventory of fatigue. Sample: 104 patients from 5 to 18 years of age. Results. In the prevalence of fatigue associated with other complications, 40% presented fatigue with muscle atrophy (42 patients), 35% fatigue with motor disorders (36 patients), 15% fatigue with postural disorders (16 patients) and 10% % without fatigue. Conclusion. Fatigue interferes with daily life activities and is very common in leukemia patients with male predominance and the average age is 5 to 10 years.