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Sex Differences in the Effect of Vitamin D on Fatigue in Palliative Cancer Care : A Post Hoc Analysis of the Randomized, Controlled Trial 'Palliative-D'
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- Klasson, Caritha (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Karolinska institutet
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- Helde Frankling, Maria (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Karolinska institutet; Karolinska universitetssjukhuset
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- Warnqvist, Anna (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Karolinska institutet
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- Sandberg, Carina (author)
- Stockholms sjukhem
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- Nordström, Marie (author)
- Stockholms sjukhem
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- Lundh Hagelin, Carina (author)
- Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap,Karolinska institutet
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- Björkhem-Bergman, Linda (author)
- Karolinska institutet; Stockholms sjukhem
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- 2022-01-31
- 2022
- English.
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In: Cancers. - : MDPI AG. - 2072-6694. ; 14:3
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Abstract
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- In the randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial 'Palliative-D', vitamin D treatment of 4000 IE/day for 12 weeks reduced opioid use and fatigue in vitamin-D-deficient cancer patients. In screening data from this trial, lower levels of vitamin D were associated with more fatigue in men but not in women. The aim of the present study was to investigate possible sex differences in the effect of vitamin D in patients with advanced cancer, with a specific focus on fatigue. A post hoc analysis of sex differences in patients completing the Palliative-D study (n = 150) was performed. Fatigue assessed with the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) was reduced in vitamin-D-treated men; -1.50 ESAS points (95%CI -2.57 to -0.43; p = 0.007) but not in women; -0.75 (95%CI -1.85 to 0.36; p = 0.18). Fatigue measured with EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL had a borderline significant effect in men (-0.33 (95%CI -0.67 to 0.03; p = 0.05)) but not in women (p = 0.55). The effect on fatigue measured with ESAS in men remained the same after adjustment for opioid doses (p = 0.01). In conclusion, the positive effect of the correction of vitamin D deficiency on fatigue may be more pronounced in men than in women. However, studies focused on analyzing sex differences in this context must be performed before firm conclusions can be drawn.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS)
- European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 15 for Palliative Care (EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL)
- cancer
- fatigue
- palliative
- randomized clinical trial
- sex differences
- vitamin D
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- art (subject category)
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