TY  - JOUR
AU  - Milzer, Marlena
AU  - Wagner, Anna S
AU  - Schmidt, Martina
AU  - Maatouk, Imad
AU  - Hermann, Silke
AU  - Kiermeier, Senta
AU  - Steindorf, Karen
TI  - Patient-physician communication about cancer-related fatigue: a survey of patient-perceived barriers.
JO  - Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology
VL  - 150
IS  - 2
SN  - 0301-1585
CY  - Heidelberg
PB  - Springer
M1  - DKFZ-2024-00219
SP  - 29
PY  - 2024
N1  - #EA:C110#LA:C110#
AB  - Cancer-related fatigue is a subjective, distressing, and common sequela of cancer which is often disregarded and underdiagnosed. Fatigue is assessed by self-report requiring communication between patient and physician. In this study, we investigated the patients' perspective on the patient-physician communication about fatigue.On average five months after diagnosis 1179 cancer patients, recruited in Germany, completed a survey as part of the LIFT project. The survey included questions on sociodemographic data, fatigue, depression, fatigue management, patient-physician communication, and communication barriers. Data were analyzed descriptively and using logistic regression analyses.Half of the participants reported that their physician had never asked them whether they felt exhausted. Patients undergoing chemo-, radio-, or immunotherapy were more likely to be asked about fatigue, while older age and major depression decreased the likelihood. Sixty-four percent of the patients felt impeded by communication barriers. Common barriers were not knowing who to turn to for fatigue (39
KW  - Humans
KW  - Physician-Patient Relations
KW  - Communication
KW  - Physicians
KW  - Neoplasms: complications
KW  - Neoplasms: therapy
KW  - Fatigue: etiology
KW  - Cancer-related fatigue (Other)
KW  - Patient participation (Other)
KW  - Patient–physician communication (Other)
KW  - Structural barriers (Other)
KW  - Supportive care (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:38270814
DO  - DOI:10.1007/s00432-023-05555-8
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/287299
ER  -