Fatigue is highly prevalent in patients with COPD and correlates poorly with the degree of airflow limitation.
Yvonne M J GoërtzMartijn A SpruitAlex J Van 't HulJeannette B PetersMaarten Van HerckNienke NakkenRemco S DjaminChris BurtinMelissa S Y ThongArnold CoorsYvonne Meertens-KerrisEmiel F M WoutersJudith B PrinsFrits M E FranssenJean W M MurisLowie E G W VanfleterenMirjam A G SprangersDaisy J A JanssenJan H VercoulenPublished in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2020)
Severe fatigue is prevalent in half of the patients with COPD, and correlates poorly with the degree of airflow limitation. Future studies are needed to better understand the physical, psychological, behavioural, and systemic factors that precipitate or perpetuate fatigue in COPD.