The Effect of Fatigue-reducing Interventions on the Fatigue Levels of Children with Cancer: A Meta-analysis Study
Journal Title: The Journal of Pediatric Research - Year 2020, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim: This research was conducted to analyze the effect of fatigue-reducing interventions on the fatigue levels of children with cancer. Materials and Methods: This quantitative study based on the literature relating to those interventions to reduce fatigue in children with cancer was carried out. No time limits were defined for the literature review; instead, all available studies published until February 2019 were reviewed. Data were collected from Pubmed, Cochrane, EBSCO Host, ScienceDirect, Embase/Elsevier, and Web of Science databases. The keywords “child”, “cancer”, and “fatigue” were used during the search process. The effect sizes and group comparisons of each study were analyzed using The Comprehensive Meta-analysis statistical software package for meta-analysis. Results: The total sampling number of the five studies included in the study was 500. As a result of the heterogeneity test, it was determined that these studies involving interventions to reduce the fatigue of children with cancer had heterogeneous characteristics. The result of a publication bias test found no publication bias. The average effect size at 95% significance level was calculated as 1.452 for the study by Li et al. (2018), 0.560 for the study by Ramezani et al. (2018), 7.606 for the study by Kudubeş et al. (2019), -0.995 for the study by Lam et al. (2018), and 0.544 for the study by Vieira et al. (2015). Conclusion: In this study, fatigue-reducing interventions were found to affect fatigue level.
Authors and Affiliations
Aslı Akdeniz Kudubeş, Murat Bektaş
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP685497
- DOI 10.4274/jpr.galenos.2019.36744
- Views 128
- Downloads 0
Etiological Evaluation of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Cases Referred from the National Screening Program
Aim: To evaluate cases referred from the congenital hypothyroidism (CH) new-born screening program. Materials and Methods: One hundred and thirty-five cases which were referred between January 2017 and July 2019 were in...
Evaluation of Six Patients with Chromosome 18 Structural Anomalies and Novel Findings
Aim: Structural chromosome 18 anomalies are characterized by multiple congenital anomalies and intellectual disability. In this study, 6 cases with structural anomalies of chromosome 18 diagnosed by using conventional an...
Examining the Effect of a Program Developed to Address Bullying in Primary Schools
Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate effectiveness of a bullying prevention program developed using an integrated approach, in the short-term and long-term, in primary schools. Materials and Methods: This study...
Psychometric Properties of a Turkish Version of the Nomophobia Scale for the Nine-Eighteen Age Group
Aim: As a situational phobia, nomophobia is the fear experienced in the absence of a cell phone. Nomophobia leads to situations that negatively affect children’s health. The aim of this study is to conduct validity and r...
Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury: A Case Report
Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a non-cardiac pulmonary edema presenting with severe dyspnea, hypoxia and bilateral diffuse infiltrates on chest X-ray. It usually occurs within the first 6 hours followin...