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Bull Cancer. 2003 Apr;90 Spec No:S119-27.
Fatigue is a frequent symptom experienced by cancer patients. Many quantitative tools has been developed to measure and assess the impact of fatigue on the quality of life of cancer patients. This article: 1) summarises quantitative research that has investigated fatigue in cancer patients and 2) presents preliminary results of our quantitative and qualitative study which has been conducted at the Institut Gustave-Roussy. The aim of the quantitative part was the validation of a measurement instrument (Fact) before its utilisation in a clinical trial comparing the efficiency of blood transfusion and erythropoietin in the treatment of anemia in cancer patients. The aim of the qualitative part was to analyse the experience of fatigue in daily life, the impact on work, social life and family relations, and the strategies developed by the patients in order to reduce fatigue. This article shows the complementary contribution of a quantitative tool (standardized questionnaire and statistical treatment of findings) and a qualitative instrument (interview and qualitative analysis) in the assessment of fatigue in cancer patients.
疲劳是癌症患者常出现的症状。人们已开发出多种定量工具来测量和评估疲劳对癌症患者生活质量的影响。本文：1）总结了对癌症患者疲劳情况进行调查的定量研究；2）展示了我们在古斯塔夫 - 鲁西研究所开展的定量和定性研究的初步结果。定量部分的目的是在一种测量工具（Fact）用于比较输血和促红细胞生成素治疗癌症患者贫血疗效的临床试验之前对其进行验证。定性部分的目的是分析日常生活中的疲劳体验、对工作、社交生活和家庭关系的影响，以及患者为减轻疲劳所采取的策略。本文展示了定量工具（标准化问卷和对结果的统计处理）和定性工具（访谈和定性分析）在评估癌症患者疲劳方面的互补作用。
