A correlation between sickness or injury within two weeks, chronic diseases and fatigue among adults aged 18-45 years

作者：Huang, Ling-Ling; Guo, Dong-Hui; Jing, Meng-Juan; Wang, Xiao-Xiao; Liu, Nan; Wang, Pei-Xi^*

来源：Psychology, Health and Medicine, 2018, 23(4): 434-441.

DOI：10.1080/13548506.2017.1371313

• Fatigue
• sickness
• injury
• chronic disease
• adults

To investigate the prevalence of fatigue, the relationship between sickness or injury within two weeks, chronic diseases and fatigue among adults aged 18-45years. Thousand five hundred and seventy nine individuals were included in this cross-sectional study. The Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFS) was used to assess fatigue defined as CFS score 4. The prevalence of fatigue was 25% in this study. Our results showed that only sickness or injury within two weeks (odds ratio [OR]: 2.440) and chronic diseases (OR: 1.727) were significantly related to fatigue. Moreover, their ORs for fatigue remained the same in all models (binary logistic regression models with adjusting for demographic and health-related characteristics one by one). In conclusion, fatigue was prevalent among adults aged 18-45years. Sickness or injury within two weeks and chronic diseases were the risk factors for fatigue independent of demographic and health-related characteristics.

• 出版日期2018
• 单位河南大学; 广州医科大学