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. 2020 Mar 3;2020(3):CD012681. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012681.pub2

Wu 2019.

Methods Study design: cross‐sectional study
Instrument used to assess fatigue: Fatigue scale for adolescent with cancer
Validated questionnaire: yes
Cut‐off score or criterion for severe fatigue: unknown
Time points at which outcome data were collected:
Inclusion criteria: be 13 ‐ 18 years old, actively receiving cancer treatment or have already completed cancer treatment, be able to speak and read Mandarin Chinese, be able to understand the study information
Exclusion criteria: nm
Participants Sample characteristics:
N of participants original cohort: unknown; N of participants described study group: 100; N of participants study group of interest: 62a; N of participants fatigue assessed: 62
Participant characteristics:
Tumour type: leukaemia n = 36, lymphoma n = 14, solid tumours n = 12
Tumour stage: nm
Age at diagnosis: nm, based on age at assessment, the maximum age at diagnosis is 18 years
Time since diagnosis and/or end of therapy: nm
Age at assessment: mean age 16.45 years (SD 1.90; range 13 ‐ 18)
F/M: 28/34
BMI: nm
Race/ethnicity: nm
Marital status: nm
Highest completed education level: current education: elementary and junior high school n =16, senior high school n = 37, college or university n = 9
Employment: nm
Physical activity level: nm
Sleeping problems: Sleep quality: Total score Pittsburgh sleep quality index mean 3.82 (SD 2.92)
Psychosocial problems: nm
 Comorbidities: nm
Genetic factors/mutations: nm
Interventions Type of cancer treatment is not mentioned
Outcomes Severe fatigue:
N of participants with severe fatigue: NA
Risk and associated factors:
no analysis performed with severe fatigue as outcome
Notes Funding sources: Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (grant no. MOST 103‐2314‐B‐002‐192‐MY3)
Declaration of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose
Unclear if the questionnaire meets inclusion criteria 'scoring above a published cut‐off score on a validated or non‐validated fatigue questionnaire'
aDescribed study group contains both participants on treatment and off treatment; only the data of the off treatment group are extracted.