Folia medica Cracoviensia
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Folia medica Cracoviensia · Jan 2006
[Pain versus activity and fatigue in adolescents hospitalized because of cancer and rheumatoid diseases].
Chronic disease in adolescence is followed by many negative effects of somatic and psychosocial nature. These effects can be observed especially in oncological and rheumatologic diseases. This is due not only to the character of the disease, its chronic course, but also aggressive treatment. The objective of this work was to evaluate relationship between pain experience and sleep, fatigue and physical, social and intellectual functioning of teenage patients. ⋯ Pain, fatigue and sleep disruption account for important factors in rheumatologic and oncological diseases. They also cause decrease in physical, social and mental functioning of teenage patients. Results show that there is a significant relationship between outcomes of disease, its treatment and impact on functioning and developmental course of adolescents. Care delivered to those patients must be integrated and involve multidisciplinary factors.