SynthesisStroke2014
Psychological associations of poststroke fatigue: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Stroke, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02131532 (A Feasibility Study of a Brief Psychological Intervention for Post-stroke Fatigue), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Feasibility Study of a Brief Psychological Intervention for Post-stroke Fatigue
Who cites it
41 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- Incidence and related risk factors of post-stroke fatigue in patients with hemorrhagic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC neurology · 2026Pooled it
- Neuroimaging correlates of post-stroke fatigue: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2023Pooled it
- Related risk factors associated with post-stroke fatigue: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for post-stroke fatigue.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Application of principles of exercise training in sub-acute and chronic stroke survivors: a systematic review.BMC neurology · 2014Pooled it
- ESTREL-Fatigue-association of levodopa with post-stroke fatigue.European stroke journal · 2026Trial
- Reducing stroke-associated pneumonia through pulmonary rehabilitation in moderate-to-severe acute ischemic stroke.European journal of medical research · 2025Trial
- Post stroke intervention trial in fatigue (POSITIF): Randomised multicentre feasibility trial.Clinical rehabilitation · 2022Trial
- Latent Profiles of Post-Stroke Fatigue and Their Association with Anxiety, Depression, and Sleep in Patients with First-Ever Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The critical role of the basal ganglia in post-stroke fatigue: A pilot study.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- Poststroke fatigue in subacute and chronic stroke rehabilitation phase: prevalence, associated factors and impact on self-efficacy and functional ability.BMJ neurology open · 2026Article
- Post-stroke fatigue and its consequences in young adults: The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study II.eNeurologicalSci · 2025Article
- The Brain Fatigue Syndrome-Symptoms, Probable Definition, and Pathophysiological Mechanisms.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Prevalence of Fatigue and Associations With Depression and Cognitive Impairment in Patients With CADASIL.Neurology · 2025Article
- Neural correlates of fatigue after traumatic brain injury.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Multimodal neuroimaging investigation of post-stroke fatigue in middle-aged and older adults: combining resting-state fMRI and DTI-ALPS analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Metacognitive beliefs, mood symptoms, and fatigue four years after stroke: An explorative study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Measurement Properties of the Dutch Multifactor Fatigue Scale in Early and Late Rehabilitation of Acquired Brain Injury in Denmark.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Visual Problems are Associated with Long-Term Fatigue after Stroke.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2023Observational
- Awareness and support for post-stroke fatigue among medical professionals in the recovery phase rehabilitation ward.Japanese journal of comprehensive rehabilitation science · 2023Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
background and purposeFatigue is common after stroke but has no effective treatments. Psychological interventions improve fatigue in other conditions by targeting psychological factors such as mood. If psychological factors correlate with fatigue in stroke, this would justify the development of similar interventions for poststroke fatigue (PSF). We used systematic review and meta-analysis to determine psychological associations of PSF.
methodsWe systematically searched for studies that reported psychological associations of PSF. We used odds ratios (ORs) to estimate the strength of associations and random-effects modeling to calculate summary estimates of ORs. We used stratified meta-analysis to investigate the impact of study design and conducted sensitivity analyses limited to studies that excluded patients with clinical depression and to studies that used depression scales without fatigue items.
resultsThirty-five studies (n=9268) reported the association between PSF and ≥1 psychological factor. For PSF and depressive symptoms, we identified 19 studies (n=6712; pooled OR=4.14; 95% confidence interval, 2.73-6.27); this association existed in patients without clinical depression (pooled OR=1.39; 95% confidence interval, 1.27-1.53) and in studies using depression scales without fatigue items (pooled OR=5.41; 95% confidence interval, 1.54-18.93). For PSF and anxiety, we identified 4 studies (n=3884; pooled OR=2.34; 95% confidence interval, 0.98-5.58). Two studies (n=123) found an association with poor coping styles and 1 study (n=167) with loss of control. Six studies (n=1978) reported other emotional or behavioral associations.
conclusionsPSF is associated with depressive symptoms, anxiety, poor coping, loss of control, emotional, and behavioral symptoms. These factors are potential targets for treatment of PSF.
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