BACKGROUND In recent years several studies have highlighted the clinical significance of fatigue in Parkinson's disease. While we are becoming aware of its prevalence and impact on the lives of patient, little progress has been made in understanding its nature or aetiology, nor on finding ways to manage the problem clinically. One possible reason for the slow pace of progress is the lack of an ...

BACKGROUND Fatigue is a major component of living with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), though it has been largely over-looked, and currently there are no specific agreed management strategies. METHODS This qualitative exploratory study involved participants who are members of an existing population-based ankylosing spondylitis (PAS) cohort. Participants residing in South West Wales were invited ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the reliability (stability) and sensitivity of the Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue scales (BRAFs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) developed to capture the fatigue experience. The Multi-Dimensional Questionnaire (BRAF-MDQ) has a global score and four subscales (Physical Fatigue, Living with Fatigue, Cognitive Fatigue and Emotional Fatigue), while three num...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of the anthroposophic drug hepar magnesium D10 intravenously administered on seasonal fatigue symptoms. DESIGN Time series with two measurements per week, starting before onset of treatment until three measurements after finishing treatment in a regular way. SETTINGS Six anthroposophic general practitioner practices in the Netherlands. SUBJECTS Twenty-thr...

introduction: job burnout results from the reaction to the chronic psychological stress and it mainly occurs in care services. it may lead to consequences such as job cost, reduced performance and fatigue. this study aimed to investigate the nursing administrators and chief executive officers job burnout in three areas of depersonalization, fatigue and emotional exhaustion and its relation to s...

Emotional exhaustion, frustration or emotional what is called burnout the cause of bad work attitudes, unfocused concentration, and negative assessment employees, in world there are many things that affect a worker achieving job satisfaction, factors leaders workers itself not satisfied with results has been completed due to fatigue, emotions, frustration. In this study, researchers used sample...

BACKGROUND Fatigue is a prominent symptom in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although this symptom has been described to vary in duration and frequency little is known about fluctuations in fatigue over time and season. The aim of this study was to describe monthly and seasonal variations in fatigue, in persons with RA of working age. METHODS Sixty-five participants diagnosed with RA ...

background: infertility is a major life event that brings about social and psychological problems. the type and rate these problems in the context of socio-cultural of different geographical areas and sex of people is different. objective: the aim of this qualitative study was to explain the psychological consequences of infertility in iranian infertile women seeking treatment. materials and me...

Fatigue as an emerging flight safety issue in the aviation industry requires elaborate understanding and critical approach for proactive management practices. The level of crew stress fatigue must be critically managed to prevent accidents. Additionally, have a negative influence on job satisfaction levels. This paper aims examine risk factors that affect performance airline pilots industry. al...

Compassion fatigue is not a new concept in nursing; yet, it is not well known and there is no fixed clear definition of the term. The ambiguity surrounding how to define compassion fatigue has challenged its measurement and evaluation. Thus, any attempt to determine attributes of this underdeveloped concept and studying it in a new socio-cultural context requires concept development. The purpos...