Fatigue at Long-Term Follow-Up in Young Adults with Cerebral Infarction

Vol. 20, No. 4, 2005

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Fatigue at Long-Term Follow-Up in Young Adults with Cerebral Infarction
Halvor Naess, Harald I. Nyland, Lars Thomassen, Jan Aarseth, Kjell-Morten Myhr

Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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Cerebrovasc Dis 2005;20:245-250 (DOI: 10.1159/000087706)

Key Words

Cerebral infarction
Young adults
Long-term fatigue

Abstract

Background: To study the impact of fatigue in young ischaemic stroke patients. Methods: The Fatigue Severity Scale score was obtained in 192 patients (mean time 6.0 years after the stroke) and 212 controls. Results: Fatigue was associated with cerebral infarction in a multivariate analysis of patients and controls (p = 0.002). Fatigue was independently associated with unfavourable functional outcome (p = 0.001), depression (p < 0.001), and basilar artery infarction through interaction with the modified Rankin Scale score (p = 0.047) in patients. Conclusion: Fatigue is frequent in young adults with cerebral infarction. Stroke-related factors independently associated with fatigue include functional outcome. Stroke location may influence fatigue.

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Halvor Naess
Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital
University of Bergen
NO-5021 Bergen (Norway)
Tel. +47 559 75045, Fax +47 559 7590, E-Mail halvor.naess@haukeland.no

Article Information

Received: December 30, 2004
Accepted: June 1, 2005
Published online: August 22, 2005
Number of Print Pages : 6
Number of Figures : 2, Number of Tables : 2, Number of References : 13

Medline Abstract (ID 16123544)

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