Fatigue

The fatigue domain of the 29-item Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Profile, or PROMIS-29, used before total hip or knee arthroplasty predicted postoperative opioid use, results of a prospective study showed.

A new study reported persistent pulmonary impairment, symptoms and reduced health-related quality of life during the first 6 months following COVID-19 hospitalization, but gradual improvements were seen over time.

Surgeons should play an active role in optimizing performance and minimizing fatigue and injury of their surgical teams by being aware of ergonomics in the OR, according to a presenter at the Women in Medicine Summit.

Children with primary immunodeficiency reported fatigue that impacts their quality of life, and targeting this fatigue may improve their well-being, according to a study published in Journal of Clinical Immunology.

In a new editorial, Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, chief medical editor of Healio Rheumatology, talks about issues that rheumatologists face in the era of COVID-19.

Guselkumab 100 mg administered every 4 or 8 weeks produced “meaningful and sustained” improvements in fatigue through 1 year in patients with psoriatic arthritis, according to data published in Arthritis & Research & Therapy.

There is tired, and there is fatigue. Then there is fatigue associated with a rheumatic or autoimmune disease, which is multifactorial and debilitating and has confounded physicians and patients for decades.

Research from Johns Hopkins showed that although high symptom burden was linked to mortality for those awaiting kidney transplantation, survivors experienced improvement in nine of 11 symptoms within 3 months following the procedure.

Fatigue associated with increased healthcare use and cost among patients with inflammatory bowel disease, according to a presentation at Digestive Disease Week.

Interventions that target depressive symptoms and self-rated health conditions may reduce fatigue among cancer survivors, according to study results presented at the virtual Oncology Nursing Society Congress.