aim. this study was conducted to examine the effect of acupressure on severity of pain and fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure. background. patients with chronic heart failure experience high levels of pain and fatigue. acupressure is a simple, inexpensive and non-invasive method which may reduce the pain and fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure. method. in this single blin...

background: cancer can lead to fatigue and the manifestation of psychological symptoms in patients, including depression, anxiety, and stress. objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between fatigue and psychological symptoms in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. materials and methods: the study had a descriptive, cross-sectional design. we assessed levels of f...

background: fatigue is considered as a major problem in hemodialysis patients and can impair their quality of life. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of acupressure on fatigue in hemodialysis patients. materials and methods: this is a clinical trial study in which 96 hemodialysis patients participated. patients were randomly assigned into acupressure, placebo, and c...

OBJECTIVE To assess multiple sclerosis (MS) associated fatigue after the first 6 months of natalizumab treatment. METHODS Prospective, open-label, uncontrolled study. Fatigue was measured before treatment initiation and at month 6 with the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) and the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) in 42 patients. Subjective impression of well-being was assessed with a visual an...

BACKGROUND As a symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS), fatigue is difficult to manage because of its unknown etiology, the lack of efficacy of the drugs tested to date and the absence of consensus about which would be the ideal measure to assess fatigue. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to assess the frequency of fatigue in a sample of MS patients and healthy controls (HC) using two fatigue scales, the Fat...

Introduction: Now a day, resulting from life style modification and alteration, fatigue, as a consequence, is not uncommon symptom. Diverse tools are available to measure fatigue status. One of which is Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Treatment (FACIT) fatigue scale. The FACIT is one of the most widely used questionnaires for screening fatigue. The questionnaire has been translated and...

abstract background: fatigue is the most common side effect of chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all).acupressure is one of the most popular non‑pharmacologic methods used to reduce fatigue in other settings. the aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of acupressure on reducing fatigue among children with all compared with a placebo treatment. materials and method...