ArticleAnnals of medicine2024
Evaluating fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness: a comparative analysis of prevalence and correlating factors in interstitial lung disease patients and healthy controls.
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- Unveiling the chain mediation model of sleep quality and fatigue in linking subjective exercise experience to depression in adolescent.PloS one · 2026Article
- Like walking through treacle: the experience of fatigue for young people with interstitial lung disease.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Article
- Psychiatric comorbidities in patients with interstitial lung diseases: A narrative review of epidemiology, clinical impact, and integrated care strategies.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseReview
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Abstract
introductionFatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) frequently affect interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients, while studies are limited. The study aims to determine the prevalence and contributing factors of fatigue and EDS in ILD patients.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study. Consecutive patients diagnosed with ILD at the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University were recruited, and healthy volunteers were recruited as controls. Fatigue Assessment Scale and Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores were the basis for judging fatigue and EDS. The prevalence of fatigue and EDS between ILD patients and healthy volunteers were compared, and the differences in clinical characteristics between ILD patients with and without fatigue/EDS were analyzed. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the correlation factors of fatigue and EDS.
resultsIn this study, 92 healthy volunteers and 108 ILD patients were recruited. The prevalence of fatigue and EDS was higher in ILD patients than in healthy volunteers (40.7% vs 9.8%, 35.2% vs 14.1%). ILD patients with fatigue showed significantly worse pulmonary diffusion function and exercise tolerance, alongside reduced quality of life, and increased instances of EDS, anxiety, and depression. Patients with EDS were older than non-EDS patients (68.5 vs 61.5 years;
conclusionILD patients experience a higher prevalence and more severe impact of fatigue and EDS than healthy individuals, with associated factors including chest pain, diminished exercise capacity, and age. Pulmonary rehabilitation and evaluation and intervention of factors associated with fatigue and EDS such as pain, and diminished exercise capacity in ILD patients may help to improve the quality of life.
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