Fatigue management strategies for high fliers and low liars

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Fatigue Management

Fatigue-management strategies among women with endometriosis in South Africa: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
pp. 008124632110201
Author(s):  
Zamafiso Nombulelo Sibande ◽  
Rizwana Roomaney
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Psychosocial Intervention ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Secondary Symptom ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Fatigue Management ◽  
Insight Into

Fatigue is a common, secondary symptom of endometriosis that has not been qualitatively explored. We conducted individual, face-to-face interviews with 25 women in South Africa about their experiences of endometriosis-related fatigue. Participants were recruited at a public hospital in Cape Town and through several South African endometriosis organizations. Interviews were conducted in English and Afrikaans and ranged from 30 min to 1 hr 16 min in duration. All interviews were audio recorded and transcribed. Interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. We found that both the experience of fatigue and fatigue-management strategies were highly personalized. Participants reported using a variety of cognitive strategies, such as planning, pacing, and pushing through their fatigue to reduce the levels of fatigue. Participants also employed physical strategies such as rest, dietary changes, using supplements, and exercise. We found that while participants often tried fatigue-management strategies suggested to them by others, they struggled to maintain these strategies even when they were successful. There are currently no interventions aimed at reducing endometriosis-related fatigue. The findings of this study provide insight into the management of fatigue in women with endometriosis and may be used to develop a psychosocial intervention for fatigue among women with the disease.

Review of Common Management Strategies for Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Chan
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Active Role ◽  
World Health ◽  
Common Symptom ◽  
Promotion Strategy ◽  
Fatigue Management ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Fatigue is the most common symptom experienced by individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), regardless of their disability level or the severity of the disease. The Fatigue Severity Scale and the Fatigue Impact Scale are standardized tools designed to measure the impact of fatigue on an individual's life. In addition to the use of medications, other fatigue management strategies include education, modification of activities and environment, compensation, and participation in physical exercises. Because the patient is required to take an active role in the implementation of these fatigue management strategies, his or her sense of control in disease management is enhanced, resulting in empowerment of the individual. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), empowerment is a health-promotion strategy for the individual and for populations. Therefore, having options and control in fatigue management is empowering and promotes health for individuals with MS.

Universal Fatigue Management Strategies

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Rose ◽  
Nilgun Giray
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Fatigue Management

Fatigue

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Scruggs
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Proactive Approach ◽  
Cancer Related Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Management ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Management Behaviors ◽  
Informed Patient

When fatigue is not addressed, there is a high probability that it will negatively affect the patient’s participation in healthy behaviors. It is well known that a patient’s active participation can improve recovery from any injury or illness. The first step is the assessment of a patient’s fatigue, with a follow up focus on fatigue management strategies. The clinical guidelines for cancer-related fatigue recommend fatigue assessment as the sixth vital sign. This recommendation is a good guideline for all provider/patient interactions and provides an overall picture of the patient’s health. While fatigue is often an expected symptom of chronic illness or cancer therapy, few patients are given a proactive approach to fatigue management. When fatigue is left untreated, the patient is set up for failure in all self-management behaviors. Fatigue is a manageable condition but requires the active and well-informed patient and a supportive, well-informed health care team.

Work Schedules and Fatigue Management Strategies in Air Traffic Control (ATC)

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Orasanu ◽  
T. E. Nesthus ◽  
B. Parke ◽  
A. Hobbs ◽  
V. Dulchinos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Work Schedules ◽  
Fatigue Management

On-Road Study of Fatigue Management Strategies in Long-Haul Truck Drivers

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 2122-2125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Sallinen ◽  
Mia Pylkkönen ◽  
Andreas Henelius ◽  
Hanna-Kaisa Hyvärinen ◽  
Sampsa Puttonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Truck Drivers ◽  
Fatigue Management ◽  
Haul Truck ◽  
Road Study

Cancer-related fatigue

2019 ◽  
pp. 519-524
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Subjective Feeling ◽  
Cancer Treatments ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
Cancer Related Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Management ◽  
Severe Fatigue ◽  
Underlying Processes ◽  
Activity Energy

Fatigue is one of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by people with cancer, occurring in up to 80% of people having treatment. Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is characterized by a subjective feeling of tiredness, weakness, or lack of energy. It is different from the usual tiredness experienced after exertion, as it is not relieved by rest. It tends to be pervasive and affects both mental processes, like concentration and attention, and physical processes, restricting activities and potentially leading to social isolation. It is associated with all forms of cancer treatments, including surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and biological therapies. In spite of this, the underlying processes and pathophysiology of CRF are not fully understood. Assessment of fatigue can be based on simple questions about its presence and the severity and effects on function, rating on a scale of 0 to 10, or it can be rated by the patient as mild, moderate, or severe. Those reporting moderate to severe fatigue should receive a more detailed fatigue assessment. Many of the fatigue management strategies are psychosocial or behavioural, so education and counselling are central to the effective management of fatigue. Psychosocial interventions include education, exercise and activity, energy conservation, sleep hygiene, attention-restoring interventions, and psychological treatments. The most commonly used pharmacological approaches include: psychostimulants, antidepressants, corticosteroids, treatments for anaemia, and progestogens.

scholarly journals From fatigued to fit: an investigation of the impact of physical exercise in the management of radiotherapy-induced fatigue in prostate cancer patients

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Sarah Kelly ◽  
Paul Henry Shepherd ◽  
Terri Flood
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Fatigue Management ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Aim: The aim of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of physical exercise in managing fatigue during radiotherapy for prostate cancer patients. It explores the impact of various physical exercise regimes and their role in the prevention and management of fatigue to help inform best practice. Method: A literature search was conducted on OVID Medline database with a follow-up search on google scholar to include relevant references found during the initial search. Relevant systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) arising from this search were reviewed. Findings: There is evidence to support the notion that physical exercise in all its forms is an effective and safe intervention for fatigue management for prostate cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Although widely studied, there is limited evidence of fatigue management strategies being clearly implemented into current radiotherapy practice for patients with prostate cancer. This information is essential to enable therapeutic radiographers to educate prostate cancer patients regarding effective exercise strategies and ensure that fatigue is managed optimally. Conclusion: Further research is required into the optimum physical exercise prescription to reduce radiation-induced fatigue, and standardised best practice guidelines should be developed nationally. A future move toward patient education into physical exercise and wellbeing should be a central component of the therapeutic radiographer role with specialist advice offered by review radiographers, empowering patients to become more physically active during treatment. Therapeutic radiographers have a unique opportunity to educate and promote physical exercise through a holistic wellbeing approach that aims to mitigate fatigue and improve quality of life.

scholarly journals A comparison of customized strategies to manage muscle fatigue in isometric artificially elicited muscle contractions for incomplete SCI subjects

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio del-Ama ◽  
Aikaterini Koutsou ◽  
Elisabeth Bravo-Esteban ◽  
Julio Gómez-Soriano ◽  
Stefano Piazza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Muscle Fatigue ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Muscle Performance ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Objective Criterion ◽  
Fatigue Protocol ◽  
Fatigue Management ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Spinal Cord Injured

Muscle fatigue due to functional electrical stimulation still prevents its widespread use as a gait rehabilitation tool for spinal cord injured subjects. Although there is an active research towards optimization of pulse parameters to delay muscle fatigue, changes in stimulated muscle's performance during repeated contractions due to fatigue have not been yet determined. In this work, a study conducted in two phases with a sample of incomplete spinal cord injured patients is presented. In the first phase, a fatigue protocol based on submaximal isometric contractions allowed to obtain an objective criterion for estimation of fatigue of knee muscles from initial changes in muscle performance. The criterion is incorporated in the fatigue protocol in the second phase of the study, to compare two novel customized fatigue management strategies. Results showed that knee flexor muscles develop less force and lower fatigue than extensor muscles. Muscle fatigue management strategies based on customized modulations of stimulation frequency are valid to delay muscle fatigue.

Understanding and living with multiple sclerosis fatigue

2017 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merrill Turpin ◽  
Georgina Kerr ◽  
Hannah Gullo ◽  
Sally Bennett ◽  
Miho Asano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Fatigue Management ◽  
Existential Approach ◽  
Helping Others

Introduction Fatigue substantially affects the lives of many people with multiple sclerosis. This study aimed to further our understanding of the experience of living with multiple sclerosis fatigue by exploring how people became aware of and understood their multiple sclerosis fatigue and how they accommodate it in their daily lives. Method The study used an existential approach to thematic analysis. Thirteen in-depth, semi-structured interviews with people who experienced multiple sclerosis fatigue were conducted and analysed. Results Participants developed an understanding of multiple sclerosis fatigue through gaining awareness of its effect on their lives, seeking information themselves and being informed by health professionals. Participants described how they began to understand the effect of fatigue in their lives and make decisions about how to accommodate it. They discussed the challenges associated with helping others to understand their multiple sclerosis fatigue. Conclusion Lay and expert explanations, the phenomenological notions of lived experience, self-identity and embodiment and stigma associated with invisible disability were useful concepts for understanding the results. Clinicians should consider these concepts when supporting people with multiple sclerosis fatigue to understand the effect of fatigue in their daily lives and use fatigue management strategies to make effective lifestyle changes to accommodate it.

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