Fatigue in HIV/AIDS patients with comorbidities.
Fatigue has been identified as a key complaint among patients with HIV/AIDS. Although having more than one disease is expected to increase symptom severity, this relationship has not been explored extensively. We investigated differences in fatigue severity together with the impact of demographic factors and the number of comorbidities and symptoms among patients with and those without comorbidities at 18 international clinical and community sites. Specific comorbidities and the number of symptoms associated with increased fatigue severity. Only by distinguishing fatigue as to its causes and patterns will health care providers be able to intervene specifically and thus more effectively.
Corless
Inge B
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MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Voss
Joachim G
JG
Nicholas
Patrice K
PK
Bunch
Eli H
EH
Bain
Catherine A
CA
Coleman
Christopher
C
Dole
Pamela J
PJ
Eller
Lucille S
LS
Hamilton
Mary Jane
MJ
Holzemer
William L
WL
Kemppainen
Jeanne K
JK
Kirksey
Kenn M
KM
Sefcik
Elizabeth F
EF
Nokes
Kathy M
KM
Tsais
Yung Fan
YF
Reynolds
Nancy R
NR
Wantland
Dean J
DJ
Mc Gibbon
Chris
C
Davis
Sheila M
SM
Mendez
Marta Rivero
MR
Valencia
C P
CP
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology