PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore patterns of symptoms over time and the relationships between selected demographic and clinical characteristics. DESIGN Secondary analysis of longitudinal data. SETTING A hospital and comprehensive cancer center in the northeastern United States. SAMPLE 66 women with gynecologic cancers, postsurgical, and scheduled to receive chemotherapy. METHODS A secondar...

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze fatigue among nurse educators affiliated with Brazilian public universities while teaching online and hybrid courses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: qualitative, cross-sectional study addressing 318 in federal state between July November 2021. The adapted validated version of Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI) was used assess fatigue. means we...

In their recent editorial on fatigue, Newton and Jones [1] comment that ‘the majority of primary care physicians believe that fatigue arises as a consequence of psychological rather than physical factors’ and imply that this may lead physicians to ‘fail before they begin’. They also go on to discuss a biological approach to the investigation and treatment of fatigue, highlighting the need to co...

BACKGROUND Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is characterized by persistent emotional, mental, and physical fatigue accompanied by a range of neurological, autonomic, neuroendocrine, immune, and sleep problems. Research has shown that psychosocial factors such as anxiety and depression as well as the symptoms of the illness, have a significant impact on the quality of ...

The syndrome of chronic fatigue, feverishness, diffuse pains, and other constitutional complaints, often precipitated by an acute infectious illness and aggravated by physical and emotional stressors, has a lengthy history in the medical literature. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently formulated a case definition, renaming the illness "chronic fatigue syndrome." Nevertheless, there r...

IntroductionHealth-related quality of life (HRQoL) cervical cancer patients treated by Concurrent Chemoradiation (CCRT) in Morocco is influenced multiple concomitant factors that affect patients’ post-treatment physical and psychosocial well-being. Therefore, the assessment health related may help identify groups risk for future interventions improving life.MethodThis study aimed at assessing H...

OBJECTIVE Stress or emotional traumas are considered risk factors for unexplained fatiguing illnesses. From July to December 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a multigeographical pilot study to test the feasibility of a survey to estimate the prevalence of fatiguing illnesses in the United States. We used data obtained during this survey to estimate the effect of th...

MASSETER MUSCLE ACTIVITY RESULTING FROM STIMULATION OF HYPOTHALAMIC BEHAVIORAL SITES: A WAVELET ANALYSIS by Anne Marie Petrock Patterns of electromyographic (EMG) activity can give an insight into muscle activity associated with a given behavioral state. The masseter muscle is positioned closely to the temporomandibular joint and controls the position and movement of the jaw. The hypothalamus i...

Objective: After traumatic brain injury (TBI) or stroke, long-term mental fatigue may occur with significant impact on work and social interactions. With the intention to measure mental fatigue irrespective of neurological illness, we developed the Mental Fatigue Scale (MFS). The scale incorporates affective, cognitive and sensory symptoms, duration of sleep and daytime variation in symptom sev...