BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is the second most common cancer in Korea. Fatigue is a common symptom among cancer survivors. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with fatigue in gastric cancer survivors. METHODS Data were analyzed from 199 gastric cancer survivors who visited a cancer survivor outpatient clinic from July 2013 to June 2014. Patients were surveyed using a questi...

Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) is one of the major health problems in mechanical work especially in manual handling jobs. Muscle fatigue is believed to be the main reason for MSD. Posture analysis techniques have been used to expose MSD risks of the work, but most of the conventional methods are only suitable for static posture analysis. Meanwhile the subjective influences from the inspectors c...

OBJECTIVES To examine the characteristics of fatigued and non-fatigued post-polio patients and to define potential subgroups across the fatigue continuum. DESIGN Multi-centre study. SUBJECTS A total of 143 post-polio patients were subdivided on the basis of percentile distribution into a fatigue group, a intermediate group, and a non-fatigue group, using the Multi Fatigue Inventory 20 gener...

BACKGROUND Fatigue is a common and distressing but poorly understood symptom among patients with heart failure (HF). This study sought to evaluate the prevalence, predictors, and prognostic value of clinically documented fatigue in newly diagnosed HF patients from the community. METHODS This retrospective cohort study consisted of 12,285 newly diagnosed HF patients receiving health care servi...

BACKGROUND Using phase 3 trial data for sunitinib versus interferon (IFN)-α in treatment-naive patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, retrospective analyses characterized sunitinib-associated fatigue and its impact on patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS Patients received sunitinib at a dose of 50 mg/day on a schedule of 4 weeks on/2 weeks off (375 patients...

BACKGROUND Fatigue is a common symptom, even among healthy individuals, but little is understood about it. We examined the associations among adiposity, depressive symptoms, cytokine levels, and multidimensional fatigue symptoms in otherwise healthy subjects. Furthermore, we examined whether obesity would account for a significant portion of fatigue and, if so, what kind of fatigue complaints a...

conclusions our findings indicate that fatigue and disability may affect a patient’s quality of life. although mobility may affect the overall quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis, it may also affect the physical health of ms patients. therefore, the identification of factors affecting the quality of life in ms patients may help in predicting the quality of life, and designing a ...

BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by chronic widespread muscle pain and fatigue and associated with significant impairment in perceived function and reduced physical performance. The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which pain and fatigue are associated with perceived function and physical performance in women with fibromyalgia. METHODS Hierarchical line...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to investigate the fatigue status and related factors in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) 1-5 years after surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 254 patients with stage IA or IB NSCLC, who had undergone surgery. They completed several surveys, including the Brief Fatigue Inventory, Karnofsky Per...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate vitality and fatigue in post-polio patients, and the relative contributions of physiological and psychological parameters to the level of vitality. DESIGN Multi-centre study. SUBJECTS One hundred and forty-three patients with post-polio syndrome. METHODS Inventories of background, quality of life, fatigue and sleep quality were used. Pain was evaluated using a visual...