Fatigue in primary care: Longitudinal associations with pain

• Published in: Pain (Amsterdam) Vol. 150; no. 2; pp. 351 - 357
• Main Authors: Nijrolder, Iris, van der Windt, Danielle A.W.M., Twisk, Jos W., van der Horst, Henriette E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Elsevier B.V 01.08.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cohort study; Fatigue; Fatigue - complications; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General practice; Health Surveys; Humans; Illness and personality; Illness, stress and coping; Longitudinal analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Pain - complications; Primary Health Care; Psychology and medicine; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Quality of Life; Regression Analysis; Severity of Illness Index; Somesthesis and somesthetic pathways (proprioception, exteroception, nociception); interoception; electrolocation. Sensory receptors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Fatigue; General practice; Longitudinal analysis; Cohort study; Human; Questionnaire; Change point; Care; Improvement; Survey; Pain; Time interval; Models; Expectation; Strength

So far, most studies on the association between pain and fatigue have used cross-sectional data. We analysed the possibilities for a temporal relationship between pain and fatigue in a cohort study of patients presenting with fatigue in primary care. Of 856 recruited patients, 642 (75%) completed po...