Is fatigue a disease-specific or generic symptom in chronic medical conditions?

Juliane MentingCees J TackGijs BleijenbergRogier DondersHal A Droogleever FortuynJaap FransenMartine M GoedendorpJoke S KalkmanRiet Strik-AlbersNens van AlfenSieberen P van der WerfNicol C VoermansBaziel G van EngelenHans Knoop

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2018)

Fatigue severity can largely be explained by transdiagnostic factors; the associations vary between chronic diseases in strength and significance. This suggests that severely fatigued patients with different chronic diseases can probably benefit from a transdiagnostic fatigue-approach which focuses on individual patient needs rather than a specific disease. (PsycINFO Database Record

Keyphrases

sleep quality
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depressive symptoms
adverse drug
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