conclusions the study findings highlight the importance of the mental aspect of fatigue in this working group. these results have possible implications for workers’ health and well-being and for the design of shift work systems, for industrial workers. background shift work is a well-recognized occupational health hazard in both industrialized and industrially developing countries. prolonged wo...

BACKGROUND Fatigue, depression, and physical impairment are common among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between depression, physical impairment, and fatigue in an Iranian MS cohort. METHODS Fifty consecutive relapsing-remitting MS patients and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited from Sina Rehabilitation Clini...

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 Fatigue is common in patients with JIA and affects daily life negatively. We assessed the presence and severity of fatigue in patients with JIA, including factors presumed associated with fatigue (e.g., disease activity, disability, pain, physical activity, exercise capacity, and self-efficacy), and whether fatigue is related to participation in physical education classes, school att...

OBJECTIVE To measure the levels of fatigue in the general population, and to examine how disease and sociodemographic factors influence fatigue. DESIGN Cross sectional questionnaire study in the Danish general population. SUBJECTS A random, age stratified sample of 1608 people aged 20-77 with an equal gender distribution (response rate 67%). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Five fatigue scales from ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Prolonged fatigue is common among employees, but the relationship between prolonged fatigue and job-related psychosocial factors is seldom studied. This study aimed (1) to assess the individual relations of physical condition, psychological condition, and job-related psychosocial factors to prolonged fatigue among employees, and (2) to clarify the associations between ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify differences in fatigue, other physical symptoms, and psychological symptoms and their relationship to quality of life (QOL) during chemotherapy and as long as one year after. DESIGN Longitudinal, descriptive design embedded in a pilot intervention study. SETTING Midwestern urban oncology clinics and patient homes. SAMPLE 25 Caucasian women, aged 40-65 years ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the relationship between fatigue and physical activity in older patients with cancer. DESIGN Targeted analysis using data from a prospective longitudinal study. SETTING A cancer care facility in southeastern Ontario, Canada. SAMPLE 440 patients, aged 65 years and older, seeking consultation for cancer treatment at a regional cancer clinic for lymphoma or le...

original article   shift work is a common work schedule that has several inappropriate consequences, the most important of which is fatigue. the aim of this study was to invest gate the impact of the shift length on the occupatio al fatigue of operators in filling stations. this cross-sectional study was carried out on operators of the filling station in national iranian oil products distributi...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the effects of coenzyme Q10 administration on physical fatigue. METHODS In a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, three crossover design, 17 healthy volunteers were randomized to oral coenzyme Q10 (100 or 300 mg/d) or placebo administration for 8 d. As a fatigue-inducing physical task, subjects performed workload trials on a bicycle ergometer at fixed workloads tw...