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Maetzler W, Correia Guedes L, Emmert KN, Kudelka J, Hildesheim HL, Paulides E, Connolly H, Davies K, Dilda V, Ahmaniemi T, Avedano L, Bouça-Machado R, Chambers M, Chatterjee M, Gallagher P, Graeber J, Maetzler C, Kaduszkiewicz H, Kennedy N, Macrae V, Carrasco Marin L, Moses A, Padovani A, Pilotto A, Ratcliffe N, Reilmann R, Rosario M, Schreiber S, De Sousa D, Van Gassen G, Warring LA, Seppi K, van der Woude CJ, Ferreira JJ, Ng WF. Fatigue-Related Changes of Daily Function: Most Promising Measures for the Digital Age. Digit Biomark 2024; 8:30-39. [PMID: 38510264 PMCID: PMC10954320 DOI: 10.1159/000536568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Background Fatigue is a prominent symptom in many diseases and is strongly associated with impaired daily function. The measurement of daily function is currently almost always done with questionnaires, which are subjective and imprecise. With the recent advances of digital wearable technologies, novel approaches to evaluate daily function quantitatively and objectively in real-life conditions are increasingly possible. This also creates new possibilities to measure fatigue-related changes of daily function using such technologies. Summary This review examines which digitally assessable parameters in immune-mediated inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases may have the greatest potential to reflect fatigue-related changes of daily function. Key Messages Results of a standardized analysis of the literature reporting about perception-, capacity-, and performance-evaluating assessment tools indicate that changes of the following parameters: physical activity, independence of daily living, social participation, working life, mental status, cognitive and aerobic capacity, and supervised and unsupervised mobility performance have the highest potential to reflect fatigue-related changes of daily function. These parameters thus hold the greatest potential for quantitatively measuring fatigue in representative diseases in real-life conditions, e.g., with digital wearable technologies. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, this is a new approach to analysing evidence for the design of performance-based digital assessment protocols in human research, which may stimulate further systematic research in this area.
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Affiliation(s)
- Walter Maetzler
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes and Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences and Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University and NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- European Federation of Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis, Brussels, Belgium
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes and Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Institute of General Medicine, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of General Medicine, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences and Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University and NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences and Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- University of Twente, Department of Medical Cell Biophysics, TechMed Centre, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- George-Huntington-Institute, R&D-Campus/Technology-Park Münster, Münster, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Department of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes and Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- European Huntington’s Association, Moerbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes and Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University and NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes and Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences and Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University and NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- CHDI Management, CHDI Foundation, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy, Espoo, Finland
- European Federation of Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis, Brussels, Belgium
- MC Healthcare Evaluation, London, UK
- Janssen Research and Development, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Institute of General Medicine, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
- Asociación Parkinson Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- University of Twente, Department of Medical Cell Biophysics, TechMed Centre, Enschede, The Netherlands
- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Parkinson’s UK, London, UK
- George-Huntington-Institute, R&D-Campus/Technology-Park Münster, Münster, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Department of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
- European Huntington’s Association, Moerbeke, Belgium
- Medical Department, Takeda, Brussels, Belgium
- Janssen LLC, GCSO Immunology, Horsham, PA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Gong SS, Fan YH, Lv B, Zhang MQ, Xu Y, Zhao J. Fatigue in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Eastern China. World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27:1076-1089. [PMID: 33776374 PMCID: PMC7985735 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i11.1076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Fatigue is a very common but relatively neglected problem in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The prevalence rate of IBD in China is the highest in Asia, but there is little research on fatigue in patients with IBD. Neither the relationship between fatigue and quality of life (QoL) nor the relationship between fatigue and work productivity (WP) in Chinese IBD patients has been reported.
AIM To investigate the prevalence of fatigue related to IBD in Eastern China, to identify the risk factors associated with fatigue, to assess the impact of fatigue on QoL, and to evaluate the relationship between fatigue and WP.
METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in a Regional Tertiary IBD Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Eastern China. Clinical data of patients were collected, and disease activity was evaluated. Blood samples were analyzed to assess anemia, albumin, and inflammation. Fatigue was assessed using the multidimensional fatigue inventory. QoL and WP were measured using the short inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire and the work productivity and activity impairment general health questionnaire, respectively. The patients also completed assessments of depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) and anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale).
RESULTS A total of 311 IBD patients, comprising 168 Crohn's disease patients and 143 ulcerative colitis patients, were enrolled. The prevalence of fatigue in patients with IBD was 60.77%. In a univariate logistic regression analysis, factors such as disease activity, depression, anxiety, anemia, and IBD-related surgery were individually related to a significantly increased risk of fatigue in IBD patients. Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that depression [odds ratio (OR) = 8.078, 95% confidence interval (CI): 4.113-15.865], anxiety (OR = 2.373, 95%CI: 1.100-5.119), anemia (OR = 2.498, 95%CI: 1.290-4.834), and IBD-related surgery (OR = 2.035, 95%CI: 1.084-3.819) were related to fatigue in IBD patients. There was a negative correlation between fatigue and QoL (r = -0.831; P < 0.0001) but a positive correlation between fatigue and WP loss.
CONCLUSION The prevalence of fatigue in IBD patients in Eastern China is remarkably high even in clinical remission. Factors such as depression, anxiety, anemia, and IBD-related surgery are major risk factors for fatigue in IBD patients. In addition, fatigue has a negative impact on QoL and is positively correlated with WP loss.
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- Shan-Shan Gong
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China
- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang Province, China
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