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Revista de Salud Pública
versión impresa ISSN 0124-0064
Resumen
BUSTAMANTE, Angelly; CHAVARRO, Paola A. y HERNANDEZ, Olga M.. Exercise tolerance and fatigue in women survivors of non-metastatic breast cancer. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.5, pp.492-497. Epub 03-Jul-2020. ISSN 0124-0064. https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v21n5.81849.
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide, and the leading cause of disability and death in young women in Latin America. One of the most common symptoms in this population is fatigue, reported by 70 to 100% of survivors.
Objective
To describe the relationship between exercise tolerance and fatigue in women survivors of non-metastatic breast cancer.
Materials and Methods
Cross-sectional descriptive study in 40 women between 18 and 65 years of age, from a database pertaining to a highly complex healthcare institution in the city of Cali, Colombia. The relationship between fatigue and exercise tolerance was identified using the "Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy FACT-F" questionnaire and the 6-minute walk test (TC6M).
Results
37.5% of the participants presented fatigue related to breast cancer; 33% of women presented dyspnea at the end of the TC6M, 37.5% reported having lower limb fatigue (modified Borg) and 42.5% did not reach 80% of the predicted distance in the TC6M.
Conclusion
A positive correlation (p 0.000) was found between fatigue and exercise tolerance in women survivors of non-metastatic breast cancer.
Palabras clave : Fatigue; breast neoplasms; exercise tolerance (source: MeSH, NLM).
