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Fatigue at long-term follow-up in young adults with cerebral infarction.

Naess H, Nyland HI, Thomassen L, Aarseth J, Myhr KM

Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. halvor.naess@haukeland.no

BACKGROUND: To study the impact of fatigue in young ischaemic stroke patients. METHODS: The Fatigue Severity Scale score was obtained in 192 patients (mean time 6.0 years after the stroke) and 212 controls. RESULTS: Fatigue was associated with cerebral infarction in a multivariate analysis of patients and controls (p = 0.002). Fatigue was independently associated with unfavourable functional outcome (p = 0.001), depression (p < 0.001), and basilar artery infarction through interaction with the modified Rankin Scale score (p = 0.047) in patients. CONCLUSION: Fatigue is frequent in young adults with cerebral infarction. Stroke-related factors independently associated with fatigue include functional outcome. Stroke location may influence fatigue.

Published 19 September 2005 in Cerebrovasc Dis, 20(4): 245-50.
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