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Population based study of fatigue and psychological distress
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Abstract Objectives : To determine the prevalence of fatigue in the general population and the factors associated with fatigue. Design : Postal survey. Setting : Six general practices in southern England. Subjects : 31 651 men and women aged 18-45 years registered with the practices. Main outcome measures : Responses to the 12 item general health questionnaire and a fatigue questionnaire which included self reported measures of duration, severity, and causes of fatigue. Results - 15 283 valid questionnaires were returned, giving a response rate of 48.3%, (64% after adjustment for inaccuracies in the practice registers). 2798 (18.3%) of respondents reported substantial fatigue lasting six months or longer. Fatigue and psychological morbidity were moderately correlated (r=0.62). Women were more likely to complain of fatigue than men, even after adjustment for psychological distress. The commonest cited reasons for fatigue were psychosocial (40% of patients). Of 2798 patients with excessive tiredness, only 38 (1.4%) attributed this to the chronic fatigue syndrome. Conclusion : Fatigue is distributed as a continuous variable in the community and is closely associated with psychological morbidity.
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- Pawlikowska, T., Chalder, T., Hirsch, S. R., Wallace, P., Wright, D. J. M., & Wessely, S. C.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1994-03-19
- Volume
- 308
- Issue
- 6931
- Pages
- 763-766
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W1993591393
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- 683
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 16.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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