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17477481

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
The experience of fatigue has been reported by a large proportion of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and it is often the most important problem for individual patients. A systematic analysis of patient focus group discussions revealed 3 overarching themes: fatigue is overwhelming and different from normal tiredness; it permeates every sphere of life; and self-management is variable, but professional support is rare. A systematic search for articles measuring fatigue discovered 23 scales, 6 of which have sufficient evidence of validity to pass the OMERACT filter. Some preliminary data indicate that fatigue measurement is sensitive to change induced by some interventions in RA. This issue, and the question of whether measuring fatigue adds additional information to measurements made using the current core set of measures, will be addressed at OMERACT 8.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0315-162X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1171-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Patient perspective: reasons and methods for measuring fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust, and Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. John.Kirwan@Bristol.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Congresses, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't