Meeske 2004.
Methods | Study design: cross‐sectional study Instrument used to assess fatigue: Pediatric Quality of Life Multidimensional Fatigue Scale parent‐proxy Validated questionnaire: yes Cut‐off score or criterion for severe fatigue: NAa Time points at which outcome data were collected: NA, cross‐sectional study Inclusion criteria: English‐ or Spanish‐speaking parents of children ages 2 ‐ 18 years with a diagnosis of brain tumour or ALL Exclusion criteria: families whose children were recently diagnosed (< 6 weeks ago), families in medical crisis |
Participants | Sample characteristics: N of participants original cohort: unknown; N of participants described study group: 256; N of participants study group of interest: 103; N of participants fatigue assessed: 103b Participant characteristics: Tumour type: ALL n = 53, brain tumour n = 50 Tumour stage: nm Age at diagnosis: nm, based on age at assessment, the maximum age at diagnosis is 18 years Time since end of therapy: no treatment for < 12 months n = 52, no treatment for at least 12 months n = 51 Age at assessment: nm, max 18 years F/M: nm BMI: nm Race/ethnicity: nm Marital status: NA Highest completed education level: nm Employment: NA Physical activity level: nm Sleeping problems: nm Psychosocial problems: nm Comorbidities: nm Genetic factors/mutations: nm |
Interventions | N of participants surgery: nm N of participants chemotherapy: nm N of participants radiotherapy: nm |
Outcomes | Severe fatigue: N of participants with severe fatigue: NDa Risk and associated factors: no analysis performed with fatigue as outcome |
Notes | Funding sources: Supported by the Kellerman Foundation Declaration of interest: nm NA: not applicable; ND: no data available aAuthors report fatigue on a continuous scale. Additional information on severe fatigue was requested and not available. bOnly data of the participants off treatment were extracted |