PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To evaluate self-reports of @entity1295 by young @entity5 survivors (aged 11-18 years), to compare young survivors' @entity1295 scores with the scores of a healthy control group and of the parent proxy evaluation, and to analyze whether demographic or disease-related factors are associated with young survivors' @entity1295 . DESIGN: Cross-sectional quantitative study. SETTING: An urban hospital in southwestern Finland. SAMPLE: 384 survivors diagnosed with an extracranial @entity5 at age 16 or younger, who have survived four or more years postdiagnosis, and who are free of @entity5 . General matched population controls were randomly selected from the Finnish Population Registry. METHODS: Demographic data and a self-report written @entity1295 questionnaire. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Total @entity1295 (TF), general @entity1295 (GF), sleep or rest @entity1295 (SF), and cognitive @entity1295 . FINDINGS: The control populations reported significantly more issues with TF, GF, and SF than did the survivor population. In survivors, older age, the need for remedial education at school, and a @entity242 diagnosis were associated with increasing @entity1295 , whereas female gender, better school grades, and greater health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) scores were associated with lower @entity1295 . The study variables explained 49%-65% of the variation in @entity1295 scores. CONCLUSIONS: Although survivors and their matched controls seem to have similar @entity1295 , subgroups of survivors do experience excessive @entity1295 , which may have an impact on their HRQOL. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: This study increases the knowledge about @entity1295 levels of young survivors of extracranial @entity5 and identifies the need for instruments specifically designed to assess @entity1295 in this population. The healthcare team should pay attention to the @entity1295 level of young survivors, particularly SF.

Fatigue in young survivors of extracranial XXXX : a Finnish nationwide survey.

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer', 'malignancy', 'malignancies'] @entity1295 :: ('MESH:D005221', 'Disease') :: ['fatigue'] @entity242 :: ('MESH:D012509', 'Disease') :: ['sarcoma']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['childhood cancer']
