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Cancer related fatigue, levels of haematic haemoglobin and presence of anxiety and depression in hospitalised cancer patients
No full textG17 CANCER RELATED FATIGUE, LEVELS OF HAEMATIC
HAEMOGLOBIN AND PRESENCE OF ANXIETY AND
DEPRESSION IN HOSPITALISED CANCER PATIENTS
F. Romito, F. Giuliani, D. Galetta, M. Di Bisceglie, R. Mallamaci,
M. Longo, G. Colucci
U.O. Oncologia Medica e Sperimentale, IRCCS Ospedale Oncologico,
Bari, Italy
Background: Cancer related fatigue is a very common problem among
cancer patients, which is not directly connected to illness stage and kind
of treatment. It is a multidimensional syndrome, involving both physical
and psychological aspects of the patient, which are interrelated and
mutually influencing. Fatigue is one of the most common complaints of
patients, who are impaired in the pleasant activities of their lives, such as
social relationships, hobbies and interests, sex. Anaemia is present in
approximately 70% of fatigued patients.
Aim: To evaluate levels of cancer related fatigue, in relation with haematic
haemoglobin level and the presence of anxiety and depression inhospitalised patients, collecting data regarding kind and stage of
treatment.
Methods: FACT Scale (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy), subscale
Anemia, and HAD (Hospital Anxiety and Depression) Questionnaire
were administered consecutively to all patients referring to the unit in one
week time. Haematic data were collected with routine blood test at the
same time of administration of questionnaires.
Results: The preliminary sample constituted 23 patients, the majority (15;
65%) were men aged 51(71 years old. Fifty-six percent of patients were
receiving the first two chemotherapy treatment cycles. Seven (30%) of
these patients show some level of depression (cut-off: 11), whereas nine
(39%) are anxious (cut-off: 8). Anxiety and depression co-occur in five
patients (22%), depression alone in 17%, only anxiety in 9%. The last
data could be interpreted in the light of our experience with clinicians
who are more likely to detect the presence of anxiety in cancer patients.
Fatigue is present in 30% of patients, one with no anxiety nor depression,
the remaining equally divided in half with co-occurring depression and
anxiety, and half who are only depressed. Patients who are only anxious
show low level of fatigue in this sample. Haematic data are still not
available
Evaluation of personality and motivations in women waiting for mammography in Bari National Cancer Institute.
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
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Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
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Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
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use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
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koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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