Fatigue in African American women on hemodialysis

• Published in: Nephrology nursing journal : journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 610 - 617
• Main Authors: Williams, Amy G, Crane, Patricia B, Kring, Daria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Jannetti Publications, Inc 01.11.2007; Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Affective disorders; African American women; African Americans; African Americans - ethnology; Aged; Analysis of Variance; Anemia - ethnology; Attitude to Health - ethnology; Causes of; Clinical outcomes; Cross-Sectional Studies; Fatigue; Fatigue - diagnosis; Fatigue - ethnology; Fatigue - etiology; Female; Health aspects; Hemodialysis; Humans; Influence; Kidney diseases; Kidney Failure, Chronic - ethnology; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Malnutrition - ethnology; Middle Aged; Mood Disorders - ethnology; Mortality; Nursing; Obesity - ethnology; Psychology; Regression Analysis; Renal Dialysis - adverse effects; Renal Dialysis - psychology; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Side effects; Social networks; Social Support; Southeastern United States; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Women - psychology; Southeastern United States; United States
• ISSN: 1526-744X; 2163-5390

The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with fatigue in African American women with end stage renal disease. Twenty-seven of 36 women in the sample were fatigued. Correlations were found with mood disorder and fatigue (p < .001), social support and uremic malnutrition (p = .003), and anemia and fatigue (p = .012) and mood disorder (p = .039). Anemia, uremic malnutrition, mood disorder, and social support explained 38% of variance in fatigue scores (F = 4.768 [4, 31]; p = .004). Future studies testing interventions that mitigate fatigue are warranted.