Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jun 2010
Qualities of fatigue and associated chronic conditions among older adults.
Although fatigue is a common and distressing symptom, a well-specified definition of fatigue is lacking. One of the least well-defined aspects of fatigue is its quality, which might reflect the underlying pathophysiology. ⋯ These first steps in exploring fatigue qualities suggest that different fatigue qualities could represent disparate manifestations of a common underlying etiology, while not ruling out distinct underlying pathophysiologies.