Fatigue - Epidemiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Prevalence of fatigue and depression in ALS patients and change over time.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients report both fatigue and depression. It is not clear how frequently each occurs, to what extent they occur together, how each relates to ALS disease status, or their stability over time. ... Read more...

Adults with cerebral palsy: a workshop to define the challenges of treating and preventing secondary musculoskeletal and neuromuscular complications in this rapidly growing population.

29 Sep 2009 Although the neurological injury associated with cerebral palsy (CP) is non-progressive, adults with the disorder often develop musculoskeletal and neurological symptoms, such as severe pain, chronic fatigue, and a premature decline in mobility and ... Read more...

Fatigue with systolic heart failure.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Fatigue is one of the most prevalent symptoms in persons with systolic heart failure (HF). There remains insufficient information about the physiological and psychosocial underpinnings of fatigue in HF. The ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fatigue - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prevalence of fatigue and depression in ALS patients and change over time. 29 Sep 2009
• Adults with cerebral palsy: a workshop to define the challenges of treating and preventing secondary musculoskeletal and neuromuscular complications in this rapidly growing population. 29 Sep 2009
• Fatigue with systolic heart failure. 30 Aug 2009
• Stressful life-events and fatigue in a nonclinical sample. 30 Aug 2009
• Do rheumatoid arthritis patients have a higher risk for sleep apnea? 29 Jul 2009
• Sociodemographic, disease, and symptom correlates of fatigue in systemic sclerosis: evidence from a sample of 659 Canadian Scleroderma Research Group Registry patients. 13 Jul 2009
• Cognitive recovery and predictors of functional outcome 1 year after traumatic brain injury. 12 Jul 2009
• Experience of menopausal symptoms by women in an urban community in Ibadan, Nigeria. 29 Jun 2009
• Health-related quality of life in patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation after reduced intensity conditioning versus myeloablative conditioning. 29 Jun 2009
• The symptom cluster of fatigue, pain, anxiety, and depression and the effect on the quality of life of women receiving treatment for breast cancer: a multicenter study. 29 Jun 2009
• Job strain, rank, and mental health in the UK Armed Forces. 29 Jun 2009
• Risk factors for persistent fatigue with significant school absence in children and adolescents. 29 Jun 2009
• Association of concomitant fibromyalgia with worse disease activity score in 28 joints, health assessment questionnaire, and short form 36 scores in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 13 Jun 2009
• Fatigue in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: relationships with disease-specific variables, depression, and sleep disturbance. 5 Jun 2009
• Mental symptoms among Finnish farm entrepreneurs. 30 May 2009
• The immediate effect of physical activity on standing balance in healthy and balance-impaired older people. 30 May 2009
• Fatigue in relatives of palliative patients. 30 May 2009
• Pain, fatigue, and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic pain. 30 May 2009
• Idiopathic hypersomnia with and without long sleep time: a controlled series of 75 patients. 30 May 2009
• Long working hours and sleep disturbances: the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Fatigue'

Definition: The state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decreased capacity for work and reduced efficiency to respond to stimuli.

Descriptor UI: D005221

Alternative terms: Fatigue; Lassitude;

Related Mesh Headings: Asthenia;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.369;

Technical Notes: do not use for fatigue of isolated muscle fibers in physiol exper ( = MUSCLE FATIGUE)