2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Fatigue and its associated factors in people with mental illness: Comparison with healthy people, cancer patients, and people with mental disorders
| Project/Area Number |
25671007
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Gerontological nursing
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima International University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 精神科看護学 / 精神障がい者 / 倦怠感 / がん患者 / がん患者倦怠感尺度 / 健常者 / QOL |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed to assess fatigue and determine its related factors in people with mental disorders. Fatigue in people with mental disorders was compared to that in healthy people and cancer patients. The factor analysis showed that factor structure of fatigue between healthy people, cancer patients, and people with mental disorders significantly differed. Thus, they were unified in same factor structure and compared. Physical fatigue in people with mental disorders was significantly higher than that of healthy people. Multiple regression analysis showed significant association between fatigue in people with mental disorders and 4 variables: antipsychotic medication dosage, sleep, frequency of sports activities, and the time while completing the questionnaire. Nursing interventions must be considered with appropriated antipsychotic medication dosage and balanced sleep and activity to reduce fatigue in people with mental disorders.
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| Free Research Field |
医師薬学 看護学 高齢看護学 精神看護学
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