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<h3>Objective</h3>
<p>Fatigue is the most common complication of cancer treatment procedure during chemotherapy, leading to limited daily activities, mood swings, and ultimately impaired functional status. This study aimed to determine the effect of energy efficiency training on the fatigue scores of children with a cancer diagnosis.</p>
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<h3>Methods</h3>
<p>In the present clinical trial study, 30 children with a cancer diagnosis were randomly assigned variously to the control and testing groups. The cancer-related fatigue questionnaire for children with cancer was employed as the data collection tool. The intervention of the testing group was conducted in 4 sessions of 45–60 min of face-to-face interaction, group sessions, and question-and-answer sessions. Meanwhile, routine interventions were employed in the control group. Quantitative variables were reported as mean and standard deviation, and qualitative variables as frequency and percentage. Stata 11 statistical software and a change score approach were used to analyze the data.</p>
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<h3>Results</h3>
<p>The mean fatigue score of the testing group increased from 72.12 to 77.53. There was a statistically significant difference between the mean fatigue scores of the testing group before and after the intervention (<italic>P</italic> = 0.013), and the children’s fatigue score decreased. There was a statistically significant difference between the mean fatigue scores of the testing and control groups before and after the intervention (<italic>P</italic> = 0.001), and the fatigue score of the children in the testing group had decreased compared to the control group.</p>
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<h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>Energy efficiency techniques can be employed to increase energy and reduce fatigue during pediatric chemotherapy.</p>
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Objective
Fatigue is the most common complication of cancer treatment procedure during chemotherapy, leading to limited daily activities, mood swings, and ultimately impaired functional status. This study aimed to determine the effect of energy efficiency training on the fatigue scores of children with a cancer diagnosis.


Methods
In the present clinical trial study, 30 children with a cancer diagnosis were randomly assigned variously to the control and testing groups. The cancer-related fatigue questionnaire for children with cancer was employed as the data collection tool. The intervention of the testing group was conducted in 4 sessions of 45–60 min of face-to-face interaction, group sessions, and question-and-answer sessions. Meanwhile, routine interventions were employed in the control group. Quantitative variables were reported as mean and standard deviation, and qualitative variables as frequency and percentage. Stata 11 statistical software and a change score approach were used to analyze the data.


Results
The mean fatigue score of the testing group increased from 72.12 to 77.53. There was a statistically significant difference between the mean fatigue scores of the testing group before and after the intervention (P = 0.013), and the children’s fatigue score decreased. There was a statistically significant difference between the mean fatigue scores of the testing and control groups before and after the intervention (P = 0.001), and the fatigue score of the children in the testing group had decreased compared to the control group.


Conclusions
Energy efficiency techniques can be employed to increase energy and reduce fatigue during pediatric chemotherapy.

Energy efficiency training’s effect on fatigue scores of children with a cancer diagnosis<sup><xref ref-type="fn" rid="j_fon-2023-0023_fn_001">†</xref></sup>

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Energy efficiency training’s effect on fatigue scores of children with a cancer diagnosis

Objective
Fatigue is the most common complication of cancer treatment procedure during chemotherapy, leading to limited daily activities, mood swings, and...

	Mean score	Standard deviation	95% Confidence interval		P value
Pre-intervention	78.06	1.98	74.00	82.12	0.394
Post-intervention	75.33	11.29	71.11	79.55

	Mean score	Standard deviation	95% Confidence interval		P value
Pre-intervention	72.12	9.91	68.39	75.80	0.013
Post-intervention	77.53	7.71	74.65	80.41

	T statistic	Degree of freedom	Mean score difference	Standard deviation difference	Confidence interval		P value
Daily activity	3.26	58.00	4.50	1.37	1.74	7.25	0.002
Sleep	2.83	46.24	2.20	0.77	0.64	3.76	0.007
Stress	2.19	58.00	1.46	0.67	0.13	2.80	0.032
Total	3.38	48.23	8.16	2.41	3.31	13.02	0.001

Age (years)	Intervention		Control		Test statistics	P value
Age (years)	N	%	N	%	Test statistics	P value
6–11	15	50	15	50
12–16	15	50	15	50
Total	30	100	30	100	T = 0/74 df = 10	1

Energy efficiency training’s effect on fatigue scores of children with a cancer diagnosis^†

Article Category: Original Article

Publié en ligne: 21 sept. 2023

Pages: 307 - 313

Reçu: 11 nov. 2022

Accepté: 15 déc. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0023

Mots clés
cancer, children, energy efficiency, fatigue, nursing

© 2023 Arash Khalili et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Comparison of average scores in research units in general in the control group before and after the study.

Comparison of average scores of research units in general in the test group before and after the intervention.

Comparison of the average scores of the fatigue questionnaire dimensions of the research units between the test and control groups before and after the intervention.

Absolute and relative frequency distribution of studied children according to age.

Energy efficiency training’s effect on fatigue scores of children with a cancer diagnosis†

Article Category: Original Article

Publié en ligne: 21 sept. 2023

Pages: 307 - 313

Reçu: 11 nov. 2022

Accepté: 15 déc. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0023

Mots cléscancer, children, energy efficiency, fatigue, nursing

© 2023 Arash Khalili et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Comparison of average scores in research units in general in the control group before and after the study.

Comparison of average scores of research units in general in the test group before and after the intervention.

Comparison of the average scores of the fatigue questionnaire dimensions of the research units between the test and control groups before and after the intervention.

Absolute and relative frequency distribution of studied children according to age.

Energy efficiency training’s effect on fatigue scores of children with a cancer diagnosis^†

Mots clés
cancer, children, energy efficiency, fatigue, nursing