A community-based cross-sectional study of fatigue in middle-aged and elderly women
| Autor: | Jiaji Wang, Meng-Juan Jing, Yi-Xiong Lei, Wei-Quan Lin, Pei-Xi Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Gerontology
Cross-sectional study Population Logistic regression Residence Characteristics Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence medicine Humans education Fatigue Aged Aged 80 and over Community based education.field_of_study business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Menopause Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Increased risk Chronic Disease Marital status Female Underweight medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 79:288-294 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3999 |
| Popis: | Background Fatigue has been widely studied in the general population; however, limited studies have investigated it in the female population. The objectives of this community-based study were to (1) investigate the prevalence of fatigue, (2) explore the relationship between gynecological history and experiences of fatigue, and (3) identify risk factors for fatigue in middle-aged and elderly women. Methods Based on a cross-sectional health study that employed a multi-instrument questionnaire, 1272 women aged 45 years or older dwelling in the community were included. The Chinese version of Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFS) was used to assess fatigue, and socio-demographic, health-related, and gynecological data were also collected. Fatigue was defined as a total CFS score ≥ 4. Results The prevalence of fatigue among women aged over 45 years was 33.9%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified that older age, single marital status, lower education level, the presence of chronic diseases, underweight, hospitalization in the last year, postmenopause, and a higher number of live births were associated with an increased risk of fatigue ( P Conclusions Our results indicated that fatigue was common in middle-aged and elderly females. Being postmenopausal and having more than three live births were the particular gynecological factors contributing to fatigue in the general population. |
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