ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2010
Qualities of fatigue and associated chronic conditions among older adults.
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- Listening-Related Fatigue in Children With Hearing Loss: Perspectives of Children, Parents, and School Professionals.American journal of audiology · 2021Article
- "Getting Used to It, but Still Unwelcome": A Grounded Theory Study of Physical Identity Development in Later Life.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Fatigue in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Update on Its Impact, Determinants and Therapeutic Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Long-term intradialytic hybrid exercise training on fatigue symptoms in patients receiving hemodialysis therapy.International urology and nephrology · 2021Article
- The Association Between the Subjective Exercise Experience of Chinese Women Participating in Square Dance and Group Cohesion: The Mediating Effect of Income.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Association Between Perceived Fatigability and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: Results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
contextAlthough fatigue is a common and distressing symptom, a well-specified definition of fatigue is lacking. One of the least well-defined aspects of fatigue is its quality, which might reflect the underlying pathophysiology.
objectiveTo identify the qualities of fatigue and assess whether they are associated with distinct chronic conditions.
methodsWe identified five fatigue qualities in the literature, two mental and three physical, and selected representative items from those available in our data from a prospective cohort of 495 community-dwelling primary care patients aged 65 years or older. We then examined the prevalence of each quality, the correlations among qualities, and the association of fatigue qualities with health and functional status, including chronic conditions.
resultsFatigue was very common among older primary care patients, with 70% reporting one or more fatigue qualities and 43% reporting feeling tired most of the time, and was associated with worse health and functional status. Physical fatigue qualities were more common than mental qualities. Correlations among fatigue qualities were 0.09-0.27 and did not support the mental vs. physical classification. Different fatigue qualities were not well explained by older adults' underlying chronic conditions. Rather, the cumulative number of fatigue qualities was associated with worse health and function.
conclusionThese first steps in exploring fatigue qualities suggest that different fatigue qualities could represent disparate manifestations of a common underlying etiology, while not ruling out distinct underlying pathophysiologies.
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