Fatigue among older people with pain--a neglected problem?
The frequency of fatigue among older people (both with and without chronic pain) and its major impact on daily life indicate the urgent need for further research about fatigue, the mechanisms behind it, as well as interventions to alleviate it. Such interventions are necessary to promote health, improve quality of life, and provide opportunities for successful aging.
Jakobsson
Ulf
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Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Ulf.Jakobsson@med.lu.se
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005221:Fatigue / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications*; D011788:Quality of Life