Cancer-Related Fatigue: Predictors and Effects of Rehabilitation

Background. The aims of the study were to examine the effects of a multidimensional rehabilitation program on cancer-related fatigue, to examine concurrent predictors of fatigue, and to investigate whether change in fatigue over time was associated wchange in predictors. Methods. Sample: 72 cancer survivors with different diagnoses. Setting: rehabilitation center. Intervention: 15-week rehabilitation program. Measures: Fatigue (Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory), demographic and disease/treatment-related variables, body composition (bioelectrical impedance), exercise capacity (symptom-limited bicycle ergometry), muscle force (handheld dynamometry), physical and psychological