Correlates of fatigue in koreans with chronic lung disease

Oh, Eok Soo; Kim, Cho Ja; Lee, Won Hee; Kim, So Sun

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2003.09.001

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“…Gift and Shepard (1999) reported that men and women did not differ in their level of fatigue. Oh et al (2004) and Kapella et al (2006), reported that there were small differences between women and men; however, these difference were not statistically significant. It was observed in our research that although the dyspnea scores and fatigue scores of the women were higher than those of men, it was statistically insignificant.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…The overall score of fatigue is calculated by adding all subscales, so that the overall score ranges from 20 to 100. A higher score implies more severe fatigue (Breslin et al, 1998;Lewko et al 2009;Meek & Lareau, 2003;Oh et al, 2004).…”

Section: Multidimentional Fatigue Inventory (Mfi);mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dyspnea and fatigue are the two most common symptoms experienced by patients with COPD (Meek & Lareau, 2003;Oh et al, 2004;Tel, 1998). The most important complaint of patients with COPD is dyspnea.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of Dyspnea and Fatigue Among the COPD Patients

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2012

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2012

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“…[88][89][90] The theory can also be used to explore the symptom experience on cognitive or functional performance. 43 Out of two existing symptom theories, the Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms is less comprehensive and more easy to visualize than the Theory of Symptom Management.…”

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“…43 The commonalities are that the symptom is defined to be a subjective sensation, can be present as acute or chronic, can occur under normal as well as abnormal or illness conditions, and can result from or be aggravated by excessive anxiety or depression. 92 The Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms has been used in studies as the framework to explore fatigue in patients with myocardial infarction, 88 to explain the multidimensional characteristics of fatigue in persons with chronic lung disease, 89 and to explore the influence of dyspnoea duration, distress and intensity on decisions of patients with HF to come to an emergency department.…”

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Thirst in Patients with Heart Failure : Description of thirst dimensions and associated factors with thirst

Waldréus

2016

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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Introduction: Nurses and other health care professionals meet patients with heart failure (HF) who report they are thirsty. Thirst is described by the patients as a concern, and it is distressing. Currently there are no standardized procedures to identify patients with increased thirst or to help a patient to manage troublesome thirst and research in the area of thirst is scarce. In order to prevent and relieve troublesome thirst more knowledge is needed on how thirst is experienced and what factors cause increased thirst. Aim: The aim of this thesis was to describe the thirst experience of patients with HF and describe the relationship of thirst with physiologic, psychologic and situational factors. The goal was to contribute to the improvement of the care by identifying needs and possible approaches to prevent and relieve thirst in patients with HF. Methods: The studies in this thesis used a cross-sectional design (Study I) and prospective observational designs (II-IV). Studies include data from patients with HF who were admitted to the emergency department for deterioration in HF (I, IV) or visited an outpatient HF clinic for worsening of HF symptoms (III); others were patients who were following up after HF hospitalization (II), and patients with no HF diagnosis who sought care at the emergency department for other illness (I). Patients completed questionnaires on thirst intensity, thirst distress, HF self-care behaviour, feeling depressive and feeling anxious. Data on sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, pharmacological treatment and prescribed fluid restriction were retrieved from hospital medical records and by asking the patients. Data were also collected from blood, urine and saliva samples to measure biological markers of dehydration, HF severity and stress. Results: Thirst was prevalent in 1 out of 5 patients (II) and 63% of patients with worsening of HF symptoms experienced moderate to severe thirst distress at hospital admission (IV). Patients at an outpatient HF clinic who reported thirst at the first visit were more often thirsty at the follow-up visits compared to patients who did not report thirst at the first visit (II). Thirst intensity was significantly higher in patients hospitalized with decompensated HF compared to patients with no HF (median 75 vs. 25 mm, visual analogue scale [VAS] 0-100 mm; P < 0.001) (I). During optimization of pharmacological treatment of HF, thirst intensity increased in 67% of the patients. Thirst intensity increased significantly more in patients in the high thirst intensity group compared to patients in the low thirst intensity group (median +18 mm vs. -3 mm; P < 0.001) (III). Patients who were admitted to the hospital with high thirst distress continued to have high thirst distress over time (IV). A large number of patients were bothered by thirst and feeling dry in the mouth when they were thirsty (III, IV). Patients with a fluid restriction had high thirst distress over time and patients who were feeling depressed had high thirst intensity over time...

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