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ReviewEuropean stroke journal2021

Prevalence of fatigue after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ibraheem Alghamdi, Cono Ariti, Adam Williams, Emma Wood, Jonathan Hewitt

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Review in European stroke journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 67 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Prevalence and correlates of fatigue in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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  9. Mobile health delivered physical activity after mild stroke or transient ischemic attack: Is it feasible and acceptable?International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2025
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  13. A latent transition analysis of longitudinal stability of post-stroke fatigue.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026
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  15. Post-Stroke Fatigue in Saudi Arabia:Saudi medical journal · 2026
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  17. Network Localization of Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2026
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7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ibraheem AlghamdiDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3192-8816
Cono AritiCentre for Trials Research, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Adam WilliamsCentre for Trials Research, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4825-8997
Emma WoodSchool of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1147-1572
Jonathan HewittDivision of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Post-stroke fatigue is a debilitating and long-lasting condition. However, there are uncertainties regarding its prevalence and variability between studies. This review aims to estimate the prevalence of fatigue and determine the factors responsible for its variation in the literature. Methods: A systematic review was conducted for all published studies (search to November 2020) using AMED, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SCOPUS and Web of Science. Papers were included if they recruited participants with stroke, used a validated scale to measure fatigue and were in English. Two reviewers screened and assessed the relevant studies for eligibility ( Results: While 48 studies were included and summarised ( Conclusions: Fatigue is prevalent among stroke survivors. This condition varies in terms of occurrence between studies; however, time of assessment, stroke type and geographical location might explain this variation. As this review estimates the overall burden of fatigue after stroke, it provides a useful indicator to inform policy, planning and healthcare professionals. Further efforts are required to investigate the mechanisms that lead to PSF, particularly in the groups that show high prevalence, in order to prevent or alleviate it.

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PMID35342803
PMCPMC8948505

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