[Fatigue in multiple sclerosis relapsing-remitting form].
In 95 patients with the remitting-relapsing form of multiple sclerosis we investigated fatigue. All of them were evaluated with the Fatigue Severity Scale and we found it in 64 patients (67.4%). Gender, age, depression and fuctional incapacity was not predictive of fatigue occurrence, while anxiety and time of disease seems to be correlated with it. When we analysed the fatigue severity, a correlation between the EDSS and the increasing fatigue severity was found.
Centro de Atendimento e Tratamento de Esclerose Múltipla, Departamento de Medicina, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brazil.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020529:Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index