Publications by authors named "Keon Suk Lee"
Background: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a major issue facing breast cancer survivors (BCS) that can negatively impact their symptoms and quality of life.
Objectives: The aims of this study were to examine levels of fatigue, identify preferred types of fatigue self-management, and explore the relationship between fatigue levels and management choices by cancer stage.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study included 229 BCS recruited from 5 hospitals in Korea.
Background: At the time of diagnosis, patients with cancer are highly exposed to the risk of psychological morbidity. The effects of psychosocial intervention for newly diagnosed cancer patients have not been extensively studied.
Objective: The objective of this study was to test the effects of a dyadic peer support intervention on self-efficacy, anxiety, depression, and mental adjustment among newly diagnosed breast cancer patients in Korea.
Context: In applying good energy conservation strategies to relieve cancer-related fatigue, it is critical to first identify cancer patients who are at a high risk for poor energy conservation. However, instruments have not been developed to evaluate energy conservation strategies in an oncology setting.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to validate an instrument that cancer patients may use to evaluate energy conservation strategies to overcome cancer-related fatigue.
Aims: The study compared the levels of symptoms and uncertainty, their associated factors, relationships between them and predictors of uncertainty by treatment trajectory among breast cancer survivors.
Background: Little is known with regard to how uncertainty and symptoms are related to treatment trajectory among breast cancer survivors.
Design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used.