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. 2005;20(4):245-50.
doi: 10.1159/000087706. Epub 2005 Aug 22.

Fatigue at long-term follow-up in young adults with cerebral infarction

Halvor Naess  1 , Harald I Nyland, Lars Thomassen, Jan Aarseth, Kjell-Morten Myhr
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Fatigue at long-term follow-up in young adults with cerebral infarction

Halvor Naess et al. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2005.

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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