Mental Fatigue - Etiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Job stressors and the pursuit of sport activities: a day-level perspective.

30 Mar 2009 This article addresses the relation between day-specific experiences of job stressors and the pursuit of off-job activities. Following the limited-resources model of self-regulation, the authors proposed that job stressors and long working hours are ... Read more...

Managing an everyday life of uncertainty--a qualitative study of coping in persons with mild stroke.

30 Dec 2008 AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate from the actor's perspective how and why persons with mild stroke coped with their new life situation as they did, during the first year after stroke. METHOD: Eighteen persons physically recovered and ... Read more...

Physical and mental fatigue in Parkinson's disease: epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment.

30 Dec 2008 Fatigue is one of the most common non-motor complaints of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and is associated with reduced activity and poorer quality of life. Fatigue can be experienced as a state of being tired or weary (subjective fatigue) or as ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Fatigue - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Job stressors and the pursuit of sport activities: a day-level perspective. 30 Mar 2009
• Managing an everyday life of uncertainty--a qualitative study of coping in persons with mild stroke. 30 Dec 2008
• Physical and mental fatigue in Parkinson's disease: epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment. 30 Dec 2008
• Enhanced negative feedback sensitivity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in chronic myogenous facial pain. 8 Sep 2008
• A medical definition of fatigue in multiple sclerosis. 12 Jan 2008
• "Denkfaulheit" in frontotemporal dementia: a preliminary analysis. 30 Dec 2007
• Objective measurement of fatigue following traumatic brain injury. 30 Dec 2007
• Correlation of psychological and physical symptoms with chronically elevated cytokine levels associated with a common immune dysregulation. 29 Sep 2007
• [Fatigue in hematological patients treated with allogeneic stem cell transplantation] 15 Sep 2007
• Working hours and mental and physical fatigue in Japanese workers. 6 Aug 2007
• Effect of dried-bonito broth on mental fatigue and mental task performance in subjects with a high fatigue score. 23 Jul 2007
• [Fatigue syndrome in chronic neurological disorders] 29 Jun 2007
• Reduced plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels are significantly correlated with fatigue severity in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. 17 Jun 2007
• Crash dieting: the effects of eating and drinking on driving performance. 28 May 2007
• [Depression, anxiety and other emotional symptoms after cerebral stroke] 15 May 2007
• Long-term evaluation of mental fatigue by Maastricht Questionnaire in patients with OSAS treated with CPAP. 27 Feb 2007
• A new procedure for communication with a patient with minimal motor function and fatigability. 27 Feb 2007
• Multidimensional fatigue and its correlates in hospitalised advanced cancer patients. 27 Feb 2007
• Resolution of sleepiness and fatigue in major depressive disorder: A comparison of bupropion and the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. 22 Aug 2006
• Selective attention deficits and subjective fatigue following traumatic brain injury. 29 Apr 2006

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Technical information about 'Mental Fatigue'

Definition: A condition of low alertness or cognitive impairment, usually associated with prolonged mental activities or stress.

Descriptor UI: D005222

Alternative terms: Mental Fatigue; Fatigue, Mental;

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

Tree Number: C23.888.369.500; F01.145.126.937;

Online Note: use MENTAL FATIGUE to search FATIGUE, MENTAL 1966-94

History Note: 95; was FATIGUE, MENTAL 1963-94