Fatigue Across the Lifespan in Men and Women: State vs. Trait.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Fatigue is commonly thought to worsen with age, but the literature is mixed: some studies show that older individuals experience more fatigue, others report the reverse. Some inconsistencies in the literature may be related to gender differences in fatigue while others may be due to differences in the instruments used to study fatigue, since the correlation between state (in the moment) and trait (over an extended period of time) measures of fatigue has been shown to be weak. The purpose of the current study was to examine both state and trait fatigue across age and gender using neuroimaging and self-report data.

Methods

We investigated the effects of age and gender in 43 healthy individuals on self-reported fatigue using the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS), a

SUBMITTER: Wylie GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9124897 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature