background: tiredness is one of the most common complaints among pregnant women, but little attention has been paid to its importance and a way to control it. reflexology can be employed as a nursing intervention to reduce it. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of reflexology on the tiredness intensity in pregnant women.methods: this study was carried out on 74 pregnant women...

Background: Tiredness is one of the most common complaints among pregnant women, but little attention has been paid to its importance and a way to control it. Reflexology can be employed as a nursing intervention to reduce it. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of reflexology on the tiredness intensity in pregnant women.Methods: This study was carried out on 74 pregnant women...

This study described health factors of importance for everyday health, such as pain, tiredness, and sleeping problems, in a cross-national context. Data for persons 60+ years were obtained from the Poverty and Health in Aging study, Bangladesh, and the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care-Blekinge. The strongest associations with everyday health in Sweden were found for pain and tiredness, ...

Tiredness may be caused by the brain injury due to the tumor or the treatment in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Some patients describe a sense of tiredness particularly after radiation or oral chemotherapy. To evaluate tiredness level of patients with GBM during preoperative, postoperative and radiotherapy we here eamined a sample of 38 patients. Data were collected over six month...

BACKGROUND Tiredness is one of the most frequent complaints in primary care. Although often self-limiting and frequently associated with psychosocial stress, patients but also their physicians are often uncertain regarding a serious cause and appropriate diagnostic work-up. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting on differential diagnosis of fatigue in primary ca...

INTRODUCTION This study tested the hypothesis that baseline ratings of fatigue/tiredness would be negatively associated with the efficacy of duloxetine on measures of pain and functional ability in patients with fibromyalgia. METHODS A post hoc analysis of pooled data from 4 double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of duloxetine in fibromyalgia was performed. The fibromyalgia impact questionn...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Explore the prevalence of sleep-related complaints across age groups, examining effects of sex, general health, and depressed mood. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). SETTING Epidemiologic. PARTICIPANTS Complete-case analysis included 155,877 participants who responded to questions related to Self-Repor...

This study aimed to determine whether physical activity similar to daily living results in signs and sensations of fatigue in healthy old, balance-impaired old, and healthy young adults. Sensations of general tiredness, leg tiredness, knee-extension and hip-abduction strength, and temporospatial gait variables were measured before, immediately after, and up to 20 min after moderate-intensity ph...