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P Beach

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PubMed2001

Relationship between fatigue and nutritional status in patients receiving radiation therapy to treat lung cancer.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe the relationship between fatigue and nutritional status in patients receiving radiation therapy for lung cancer. DESIGN: Prospective, observational study. SETTING: Radiation therapy department of a large mid-western cancer center. SAMPLE: 45 adults with primary cancer of the lung receiving outpatient primary or adjuvant radiation therapy. METHODS: Measurements taken before radiation therapy, at week four of treatment, and at completion included the Piper Fatigue Scale, prealbumin levels, and weights. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLE: Fatigue, nutritional status. FINDINGS: Weight loss over the course of treatment was significant but did not correlate with fatigue; fatigue did not change significantly during the measurement period. CONCLUSIONS: Fatigue and nutrition are major problems for patients with lung cancer, but nutritional changes do not correlate with fatigue. An increase in fatigue during radiation therapy was not identified. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Nurses should continue efforts to intervene with the problems of nutrition and fatigue. The study should be repeated using different fatigue Instruments and with other cancer populations.

Adult↗
PubMed1998

Evaluation of a three-year urban elementary school tobacco prevention program.

The longitudinal study compared effects of varying amounts of tobacco instruction (one, two, and three years) on the knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions of urban elementary students. A three-year, fourth-through-sixth grade tobacco prevention curriculum was developed based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guidelines for School Health Programs to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addiction. The curriculum comprised five, 45-minute lessons per year. The same trained instructor taught the curriculum all three years. Six intervention schools were taught the curriculum, and two control schools were not. A 49-item questionnaire was used to assess tobacco knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions. The experimental group's posttest knowledge and attitude scores were significantly higher than the control group's posttest scores. No significant differences occurred in posttest behavioral intention scores between the control and intervention groups.

Adolescent↗