PURPOSE Fatigue is a devastating state of body and mind associated with distress at the end of life. We report the results of the third in a series of papers outlining a novel approach we have developed for understanding the meaning of fatigue by exploring how this meaning is shaped by beliefs and values. The aims of the study were to examine the perception and experiences of fatigue held by pa...

This study examined the following: effects of simulated firefighting (FF) activities under heat stress on sustained attention; whether incident rehabilitation (IR) influences performance; and relationships between performance, affect and personality. Firefighters performed ~18 min of FF. Attention, physiological, perceptual and psychological assessments were made before and after FF, IR and rec...

UNLABELLED Environmental conditions such as lighting and thermal comfort are influencing factors on sleep quality and visual tiredness. The purpose of this study was the determination of the relationship between thermal comfort and light intensity with the sleep quality and eye fatigue in shift nurses. METHOD This cross-sectional research was conducted on 82 shift-work personnel of 18 nursing...

OBJECTIVE To establish whether an association exists between blood pressures in the "low normal" range and common symptoms such as tiredness, dizziness, headache, and palpitation, as suggested by French and German medical practice but not English or American medical practice. DESIGN Cross sectional population based survey (the health and lifestyle survey) of blood pressure measurements and se...

Framed in a multimethod design using ethnoscience and grounded theory, the purpose of this study was to characterize the attributes of tiredness, fatigue, and exhaustion, and to explore their influences on illness experiences in individuals with major depressive disorder. Two domains, mind (attributes: cognitive function, sleep quality, emotional reactivity, social interaction) and body (attrib...

Coeliac disease (CD) is caused by a complex immunological response provoked by grain protein in susceptible people. The majority of people with CD are symptom-free adults; the remainder are prone to a bewildering variety of signs and symptoms, ranging from infertility to type 1 diabetes. Many patients with undiagnosed CD spend years seeking help for complaints such as chronic tiredness or mild ...

1. Reviewer: I wonder if the authors can say 30 Hz intensity? Is the frequency related to the intensity of vibration training? Should author’s rater state 30 Hz frequency? Authors: We agree with the reviewer and we have made this amendment. 2. Reviewer: Authors cannot state that the Tinetti test showed an improvement if there was no significance. Better state: Tinetti score increased.... Author...

Background A major proportion of fatally injured traffic accident victims are car drivers; in Norway in 1999 car drivers made up 47% of such victims (1). Several of the accidents involving these car drivers cannot be explained by the traffic environment (road, weather conditions etc), technical defects on cars or by risk taking behaviour (reckless driving, high speed etc). Impairment of the dri...