A theoretical framework to guide a study exploring cancer related fatigue

Authors :: Patricia O'Regan
Margaret Landers
Josephine Hegarty
Source :: Applied Nursing Research. 37:19-23
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2017.
Abstract: This paper explicates how Orem's Self-care Deficit Theory of Nursing (Orem, 1995) was selected to guide a study to explore and measure cancer related fatigue (CRF), and determine the most effective self-care strategies used to combat CRF in a cohort of patients with a diagnosis of cancer (breast cancer, colorectal cancer, Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma). The secondary aim was to explore self-care agency and its relationship to CRF.

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