Symptoms of fatigue in chronic heart failure patients: clinical and psychological predictors.

Objective: To examine the role of clinical and psychological characteristics as predictors of fatigue in CHF.

Background: Little is known about predictors of fatigue in CHF. Next to heart failure characteristics, depressive symptoms and type-D personality may explain individual differences in fatigue.

Personality and fatigue in patients with benign or malignant breast disease.

Goals Of Work: The aim of the study was to examine the role of five general personality traits in fatigue in a group of patients with breast cancer (BC) and a group with benign breast problems (BBP).

Materials And Methods: Of the 304 participating women, 127 patients had BC and 177 BBP. A fatigue scale was completed before diagnosis and 1, 3, and 6 months after diagnosis (benign patients) or surgical treatment (BC patients).

Predictors of quality of life: a model based study.

In this study, predictors of quality of life (QOL) in psychiatric outpatients (n = 410) were investigated using the psychological stress model developed by Taylor and Aspinwall (Psychosocial Stress. Perspective on Structures, Theory, Life-Course and Methods. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1996; pp.

Fatigue is associated with quality of life in sarcoidosis patients.

Background: Fatigue is one of the core symptoms of sarcoidosis patients. Although it is known that fatigue affects quality of life (QOL) in other patient groups, this relationship has never been studied in sarcoidosis patients using a reliable and valid fatigue scale and a multidimensional QOL instrument. The present cross-sectional study among sarcoidosis patients attempts to gain more insight into this relationship.

Relationship between symptoms and quality of life in a sarcoidosis population.

Background: As sarcoidosis is a multisytemic disorder, patients may suffer from various symptoms. The relationship between frequently reported symptoms and quality of life (QOL) has not yet been studied.

Objectives: The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to examine the predictive value of the most frequently reported subjective symptoms on QOL after controlling for demographic variables and clinical parameters.

Psychometric qualities of the Fatigue Assessment Scale in Croatian sarcoidosis patients.

Background And Aim: Fatigue is an unspecific symptom, but a major problem in sarcoidosis patients. There is a need for a reliable and valid way to measure fatigue. The Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS) has good psychometric properties in healthy and sarcoidosis samples in the Netherlands, but nothing is known about the psychometric qualities of the FAS in sarcoidosis samples from other countries.

Psychometric qualities of a brief self-rated fatigue measure: The Fatigue Assessment Scale.

Objective: The main aim of this study was to examine the dimensionality and psychometric qualities of a new 10-item fatigue measure, the Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS).

Methods: As part of a longitudinal study, the respondents, all workers with at least 20 working hours per week, completed the FAS, four related fatigue measures, a depression questionnaire, and an emotional stability scale.

Results: The FAS had a high internal consistency.