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Fatigue is common among older people. Finding its cause is important.
Often, older adults with fatigue stop being active and become deconditioned, which leads to muscle loss and weakness, which heightens fatigue.
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Chronic Illness and Fatigue in Older Individuals: A Systematic Review
This systematic review is of value to older individuals with chronic illnesses, researchers, and clinicians who strive to improve the quality of life of individuals exper …
Physical symptoms as a predictor of health care use and mortality among older adults
Physical symptoms are highly prevalent in older primary care patients and predict hospitalization and mortality at one year. Future work is needed to determine how to tar …
Restricted activity among community-living older persons: incidence, precipitants, and health care utilization
Restricted activity is common among community-living older persons, regardless of risk for disability, and it is usually attributable to several concurrent health-related …
Fatigue in a representative population of older persons and its association with functional impairment, functional limitation, and disability
Older persons who report fatigue had significantly poorer functional status than those who did not report this symptom. The causal link between fatigue and these outcomes …
Fatigue and fatigability in older adults
Fatigue is believed to be a common complaint among older adults; however, multiple studies of self-reported fatigue across the lifespan have found this may not be the cas …
Fatigue predicts mortality in older adults
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