Fatigue in patients with myasthenia gravis.

T M AlekseevaY V GavrilovO A KreisP O ValkoK P WeberYulia Valko

Published in: Journal of neurology (2018)

Fatigue in MG is highly prevalent, mainly physical, and influenced by depressive symptoms, disease severity, female sex and sleep debt. Cognitive fatigue in MG may not be a direct disease manifestation, but secondary to depression. The FSS and FIS represent reliable and validated tools, appropriate to discern meaningful clinical aspects of fatigue in MG. Clinical recognition of the complexity of fatigue may foster individualized treatment approaches for affected MG patients.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
depressive symptoms
physical activity
myasthenia gravis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
social support
prognostic factors