Fatigue

Findings presented at the Renal Research Institute’s Conference showed an increasing number of non-diuretic antihypertensive medications exacerbated fatigue following hemodialysis sessions, extending its duration by hours.

The FDA has approved a label update for Janssen’s golimumab to include language that treatment alongside methotrexate improves fatigue in patients with active psoriatic arthritis and moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis.

Fatigue and Raynaud’s syndrome were rated “important” or “very important” as barriers to physical activity in at least 50% of patients with systemic sclerosis, according to survey results published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Cognitive behavioral therapy offered via a telephone call improved sleep, fatigue and, “to a lesser degree,” pain among older adults with insomnia and osteoarthritis, according to researchers. “Scalable delivery models of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), an effective treatment, are needed for widespread implementation, particularly in rural and underserved populations lacking ready access to insomnia treatment,” Susan M. McCurry, PhD, a research professor at the University of Washington School of Nursing, and colleagues wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Severe cerebral small vessel disease, a common cause of vascular dementia, may be linked to apathy, fatigue and delirium, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Lancet Psychiatry.

Results showed between 50 and 75 pitches is likely appropriate for 10-year-old pitchers, with changes in flexor wad fatigue and an increase in subjective fatigue throughout the pitching session.

Secukinumab demonstrated rapid, stained improvements in fatigue for up to 3 years among patients with ankylosing spondylitis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

A 12-week home exercise program reduced fatigue and improved quality of life in 25 women with primary biliary cholangitis, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

Patients with Crohn’s disease improved sleep disturbance with a stepped-care approach that included brief behavioral therapy, according to study results.

Pain and fatigue levels remain high among patients with ankylosing spondylitis despite apparent disease control with biologic therapies, such as TNF inhibitors, according to a global survey published in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.