BACKGROUND  Patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) commonly describe symptoms of fatigue. However, hematologists rarely consider fatigue a manifestation of ITP. OBJECTIVES   To document the prevalence of fatigue among patients with ITP and to determine the patient characteristics that are associated with fatigue.   Using a cross-sectional design, we surveyed 1871 members of the U...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate a mind-body medicine (MBM) program for its impact on persistent fatigue following breast cancer treatment. DESIGN Quasiexperimental. SETTING An urban community hospital and a health department in a semirural county, both in Maryland. SAMPLE 68 breast cancer survivors who were at least six months postadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy and had a ba...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationships among physiologic variables, fatigue, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with multiple myeloma. DESIGN Cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory. SETTING Outpatient ambulatory care clinics at a tertiary oncology center. SAMPLE 56 patients with multiple myeloma were accrued consecutively via nonprobability sampling strategy. METHODS ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the experience of fatigue in Turkish patients receiving chemotherapy. DESIGN Descriptive. SETTING Outpatient unit in a large university hospital in Ankara, Turkey. SAMPLE 100 patients randomly chosen from those who were undergoing chemotherapy at the outpatient unit. METHODS Data were collected using a personal information form developed by the investigat...

According to the actual working conditions of the Vribbed belt, automobile V-ribbed belt fatigue tester machine is designed to test for the automobile engine Vribbed belt fatigue wear. Finite-element analysis software ANSYS is employed to perform finite-element analysis on fatigue testing machine load shaft, bearing, universal joint key parts of the finite-element analysis, and to analyze the m...

aim and background: multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system that causes major psychological challenges for patients all over the world. in this case, psychological interventions can be useful. this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (mbsr) on depression, fatigue, and anxiety in multiple sclerosis patients.  method and materials:...

Steel plates with open holes are commonly used in structural assemblies. The fatigue properties of such details are influenced by bolted clamp-up and hole fabrication methods. The fracture surface, stiffness degradation and fatigue life of test specimens are investigated in detail and compared with the contemporary test data. The analysis results show that the presence of draglines greatly infl...