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Determinants of the Higher Prevalence and Severity of Subjective Cognitive Impairment in Cancer Patients Compared to Healthy Subjects: Fatigue and Stress

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  • Hee-Ju Kim
  • Ivo Abraham

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This study examined whether (a) cancer patients in two cohorts reported greater subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) in prevalence and severity than noncancer healthy controls; and (b) selected psychoneurological factors (fatigue, stress, and sleep disturbance) contribute to such differences. Data from 60 prechemotherapy cancer patients, 81 active-chemotherapy cancer patients, and 116 noncancer healthy controls were analyzed using hierarchical regressions. The prevalence rate of SCI was higher in the prechemotherapy cancer cohort (41.6%) and in the active-chemotherapy cancer cohort (46.9%) than in healthy controls (21.5%; p  

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  • Hee-Ju Kim & Ivo Abraham, 2021. "Determinants of the Higher Prevalence and Severity of Subjective Cognitive Impairment in Cancer Patients Compared to Healthy Subjects: Fatigue and Stress," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 30(6), pages 809-817, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:30:y:2021:i:6:p:809-817
    DOI: 10.1177/1054773820957474
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