Poststroke fatigue - A 2-year follow-up study of stroke patients in Sweden
Poststroke fatigue - A 2-year follow-up study of stroke patients in Sweden
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.0000014248.28711.d6
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发表时间:
2002-05-01
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8.3
通讯作者:
Asplund, K
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作者:
Glader, EL;Stegmayr, B;Asplund, K
Background and Purpose-Fatique is common among stroke patients. This study determined the prevalence of fatigue among long-term survivors after stroke and what impact fatigue had on various aspects of daily life and on survival.Methods-This study was based on Riks-Stroke, a hospital-based national register for quality assessment of acute stroke events in Sweden. During the first 6 months of 1997, 8194 patients were registered in Riks-Stroke, and 5 189 were still alive 2 years after the stroke. They were followed up by a mail questionnaire, to which 4023 (79%) responded. Patients who reported that they always felt depressed were excluded.Results-To the question, "Do you feel tired?" 366 (10.0%) of the patients answered that they always felt tired, and an additional 1070 (29.2%) were often tired. Patients who always felt tired were on average older than the rest of the study population (74.5 versus 71.5 years, P