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ArticleClinical kidney journal2017

The role of psychological factors in fatigue among end-stage kidney disease patients: a critical review.

Federica Picariello, Rona Moss-Morris, Iain C Macdougall, And Joseph Chilcot

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Article in Clinical kidney journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Interventions for fatigue in people with kidney failure requiring dialysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  6. Effect of core stability exercise training on activities of daily living, fatigue level and balance in haemodialysis patients: A randomised controlled study.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liao · 2026
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  7. Mental health and kidney disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2026
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  14. Insights into effective fatigue reducing interventions in kidney transplant candidates: a scoping review.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025
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  20. Comparing the effect of warmwater footbath with effleurage and petrissage massages on fatigue of patients undergoing hemodialysis.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Federica PicarielloHealth Psychology Section, Psychology Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Rona Moss-MorrisHealth Psychology Section, Psychology Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Iain C MacdougallDepartment of Renal Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
And Joseph ChilcotHealth Psychology Section, Psychology Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
King's College London · GBKing's College Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatigue is a common and debilitating symptom, affecting 42-89% of end-stage kidney disease patients, persisting even in pre-dialysis care and stable kidney transplantation, with huge repercussions on functioning, quality of life and patient outcomes. This paper presents a critical review of current evidence for the role of psychological factors in renal fatigue. To date, research has concentrated primarily on the contribution of depression, anxiety and subjective sleep quality to the experience of fatigue. These factors display consistent and strong associations with fatigue, above and beyond the role of demographic and clinical factors. Considerably less research is available on other psychological factors, such as social support, stress, self-efficacy, illness and fatigue-specific beliefs and behaviours, and among transplant recipients and patients in pre-dialysis care. Promising evidence is available on the contribution of illness beliefs and behaviours to the experience of fatigue and there is some indication that these factors may vary according to treatment modality, reflecting the differential burdens and coping necessities associated with each treatment modality. However, the use of generic fatigue scales casts doubt on what specifically is being measured among dialysis patients, illness-related fatigue or post-dialysis-specific fatigue. Therefore, it is important to corroborate the available evidence and further explore, qualitatively and quantitatively, the differences in fatigues and fatigue-specific beliefs and behaviours according to renal replacement therapy, to ensure that any model and subsequent intervention is relevant and grounded in the experiences of patients.

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anxietydepressionfatiguekidney diseasesleep quality

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