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Fatigue and its related factors in patients with chronic heart failure

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  • Woung‐Ru Tang
  • Chiung‐Yao Yu
  • San‐Jou Yeh

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Aims and objectives. To understand fatigue in chronic heart failure patients and its related factors. Background. Fatigue is a common symptom in patients with chronic heart failure, but little is known about this phenomenon. Design. Correlational study. Methods. This correlational study sampled 107 chronic heart failure patients from a medical centre in northern Taiwan. Data were collected on objective outcomes (ejection fraction, EF; New York Heart Association classification, NYHA; beta‐blocker use and haemoglobin, Hb) and subjective outcomes (depression and fatigue). Since the main outcome variable, fatigue, is multidimensional, it was measured by two scales: Lee’s Fatigue Visual Analog Scale and a researcher‐developed scale, the Tang Fatigue Rating Scale. Results. Subjects experienced a medium level of fatigue. Fatigue was significantly higher (p

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  • Woung‐Ru Tang & Chiung‐Yao Yu & San‐Jou Yeh, 2010. "Fatigue and its related factors in patients with chronic heart failure," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(1‐2), pages 69-78, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:19:y:2010:i:1-2:p:69-78
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02959.x
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    1. Matthew Manierre & Erica Jansen & Ali Boolani, 2020. "Sleep quality and sex modify the relationships between trait energy and fatigue on state energy and fatigue," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, January.
    2. Jan Cameron & Kerryn L. Rhodes & Chantal F. Ski & David R. Thompson, 2016. "Carers’ views on patient self‐care in chronic heart failure," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(1-2), pages 144-152, January.

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