Abstract
(1) To evaluate the prevalence of severe and chronic fatigue in subjects with and without chronic disease; (2) to assess to which extent multi-morbidity contributes to severe and chronic fatigue; and (3) to identify predisposing and associated factors for severe and chronic fatigue and whether these are disease-specific, trans-diagnostic, or generic. The Dutch Lifelines cohort was used, including 78,363 subjects with (n = 31,039, 53 +/- 12 years, 33% male) and without (n = 47,324, 48 +/- 12 years, 46% male) >= 1 of 23 chronic diseases. Fatigue was assessed with the Checklist Individual Strength-Fatigue. Compared to participants without a chronic disease, a higher proportion of participants with >= 1 chronic disease were severely (23% versus 15%, p < 0.001) and chronically (17% versus 10%, p < 0.001) fatigued. The odds of having severe fatigue (OR [95% CI]) increased from 1.6 [1.5-1.7] with one chronic disease to 5.5 [4.5-6.7] with four chronic diseases; for chronic fatigue from 1.5 [1.5-1.6] to 4.9 [3.9-6.1]. Multiple trans-diagnostic predisposing and associated factors of fatigue were found, explaining 26% of variance in fatigue in chronic disease. Severe and chronic fatigue are highly prevalent in chronic diseases. Multi-morbidity increases the odds of having severe and chronic fatigue. Several trans-diagnostic factors were associated with fatigue, providing a rationale for a trans-diagnostic approach.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 20977 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Scientific Reports |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Oct 2021 |
Keywords
- OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE
- SYSTEMIC-LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS
- STAGE RENAL-DISEASE
- MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS
- EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS
- RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS
- DEPRESSION
- PEOPLE
- SYMPTOMS
- QUESTIONNAIRE