Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Applied Behavioral Medicine Research Institute, 125 Putnam Hall, South Campus, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, United States.
J Psychosom Res. 2011 Sep;71(3):117-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.04.007. Epub 2011 Jul 18.
To investigate demographic correlates of fatigue in the US general population using a new instrument developed by the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS). First, we examined correlations between the new PROMIS instrument and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) and the SF-36v2 Vitality subscale. Based on prior findings, we further examined several demographic correlates of fatigue: whether women would report higher levels of fatigue compared to men, and whether married people would experience lower levels of fatigue compared to unmarried people. We also explored the relationship between age, education, and fatigue.
Analyses were based on fatigue ratings by 666 individuals from the general population. Fatigue was assessed with the new PROMIS instrument, the FACIT-F, and the SF-36v2 Vitality subscale. Differences in fatigue were examined with independent samples t-tests and univariate ANOVAs.
The three fatigue instruments were highly intercorrelated. Confirming prior reports, women reported higher levels of fatigue than men. Married participants reported significantly less fatigue than their unmarried counterparts. Univariate ANOVAs yielded a main effect for participants' age; younger participants gave significantly higher fatigue ratings. We also found a main effect for participants' education. Participants with a masters or doctoral degree had significantly lower ratings of fatigue than participants with some college education and education up to high school.
Female gender, not being married, younger age and lower educational attainment were each associated with increased fatigue in the general population and the three fatigue instruments performed equally well in detecting the observed associations.
使用患者报告结局测量信息系统（PROMIS）开发的新工具，调查美国普通人群中疲劳的人口统计学相关性。首先，我们检查了新的 PROMIS 工具与功能评估慢性疾病治疗-疲劳量表（FACIT-F）和 SF-36v2 活力子量表之间的相关性。根据先前的发现，我们进一步检查了疲劳的几个人口统计学相关性：女性是否会比男性报告更高水平的疲劳，以及已婚人士是否会比未婚人士经历更低水平的疲劳。我们还探讨了年龄、教育程度与疲劳之间的关系。
分析基于来自普通人群的 666 人的疲劳评分。使用新的 PROMIS 工具、FACIT-F 和 SF-36v2 活力子量表评估疲劳。使用独立样本 t 检验和单因素方差分析检查疲劳差异。
三种疲劳工具高度相关。证实了先前的报告，女性报告的疲劳水平高于男性。已婚参与者的疲劳感明显低于未婚参与者。单因素方差分析得出参与者年龄的主要影响；年轻参与者的疲劳评分明显更高。我们还发现参与者教育程度的主要影响。拥有硕士或博士学位的参与者的疲劳评分明显低于具有一些大学教育和高中及以下教育程度的参与者。
女性性别、未婚、年轻和低教育程度与普通人群中的疲劳增加有关，三种疲劳工具在检测观察到的关联方面表现同样良好。
