A qualitative investigation of fatigue among healthy working adults
A qualitative investigation of fatigue among healthy working adults
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DOI：
10.1177/0193945903025004007
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发表时间：
2003-06-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Crighton, F
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作者：
Aaronson, LS;Pallikkathayil, L;Crighton, F
尽管对急性和慢性疾病中的疲劳有相当大的关注，但对健康人群中的疲劳知之甚少。因此，对疲劳进行了详细的探索，以回答一个基本健康人群的疲劳是什么这一广泛问题，并为建立一个基于经验的疲劳定义奠定基础。采用定性和定量相结合的方法。研究的定性阶段的结果，其中40人接受了采访，在这里展示。确定了疲劳体验的类别和主题。基于定性研究结果，我们提出，在一般健康的成年人中，疲劳是一种急性的、主观的，有时是压倒性的，但暂时的状态（包括身体、情感和行为表现），是由一个人在生活角色中的压力和过度工作引起的，它扰乱了活动，提醒人们采取恢复措施。
Despite considerable attention to fatigue in acute and chronic illnesses, little is known about fatigue in a healthy population. A detailed exploration of fatigue, therefore, was conducted to answer the broad question of what fatigue is to a basically healthy population and to lay the groundwork for establishing an empirically based definition of fatigue. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used. Results of the qualitative phase of the study, in which 40 persons were interviewed, are presented here. Categories and themes of the experience of fatigue were identified. Based on the qualitative findings, we propose that fatigue in generally healthy adults is an acute, subjective, sometimes overwhelming, but temporary state (with physical, emotional, and behavioral manifestations) caused by stress and overwork in one's life roles, which disrupts activity and alerts the person to take restorative measures.