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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Sociodemographic and Clinical Determinants of Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis.

Smaranda Maier, Zoltán Bajkó, Ruxandra Roșescu, Laura Bărcuțean, Emanuela Sărmășan, Septimiu Voidăzan, Rodica Bălașa

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Fatigue and contributing factors in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a descriptive study based on the comprehensive fatigue assessment battery for multiple sclerosis (CFAB-MS).Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Smaranda MaierIst Neurology Clinic, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Targu Mures, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania.
Zoltán BajkóIst Neurology Clinic, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Targu Mures, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania.
Ruxandra RoșescuDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Clinical Emergency Hospital for Children, 400394 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Laura BărcuțeanIst Neurology Clinic, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Targu Mures, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania.
Emanuela SărmășanIst Neurology Clinic, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Targu Mures, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania.
Septimiu VoidăzanDepartment of Epidemiology, 'George Emil Palade' University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania.
Rodica BălașaIst Neurology Clinic, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Targu Mures, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania.
Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș · ROClinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · RO

Funding

University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureş 510/9/17.01.2022.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatigue is the most common and disabling symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), representing one of the main determinants of reduced quality of life among PwMS due to its interference with social activities and work capacity. This study aimed to identify the sociodemographic determinants of fatigue in a cohort of 150 PwMS and 100 healthy controls (HCs). Fatigue was assessed using one of the most suitable and appropriate tools for measuring the degree of fatigue: the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS). By comparing the median scores for the MFIS, we observed that the PwMS group had significantly higher MFIS scores than the HCs (

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Beck Depression Inventory-IIfatigueModified Fatigue Impact Scalemultiple sclerosis

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PMID38004272
PMCPMC10672347
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