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P-232 - the Comparison of Fatigue Between Patients With Diabetes Melittus, Psychiatric Outpatients and General Population in Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

G. Lyrakos ,
E. Hatziagelaki ,
B. Spinaris ,
D. Damigos ,
I. Spyropoulos  and
G. Kostopanagiotou
G. Lyrakos
Affiliation:
2nd Dept. of Anesthesiology Pain Unit, School of Medicine, University of Athen, Attikon Hospital, Athen Psychiatric Dept., General Hospital of Nikaia ‘Agios Panteleimon’, Nikaia
E. Hatziagelaki
Affiliation:
2nd Dept. of Internal Medicine, Research Institute & Diabetes Center, University of Athen Medical School, ‘Attikon University Hospital’, Athen
B. Spinaris
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Dept., General Hospital of Nikaia ‘Agios Panteleimon’, Nikaia
D. Damigos
Affiliation:
Dept. of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Medical Psychology, University of Ioaninna, School of Medicine, Ioánnina, Greece
I. Spyropoulos
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Dept., General Hospital of Nikaia ‘Agios Panteleimon’, Nikaia
G. Kostopanagiotou
Affiliation:
2nd Dept. of Anesthesiology Pain Unit, School of Medicine, University of Athen, Attikon Hospital, Athen

Abstract

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Introduction:

Fatigue is of great clinical and investigational importance. It is a prevalent symptom in general population and a central symptom in many diseases, for example, cancer, ischaemic heart disease and depression. Besides, it's a side effect of many medical treatments. Fatigue has been shown to have a substantial impact on patients’ self care activities and, overall quality of life.

Objectives:

To compare levels of the various aspects of fatigue in three different populations.

Aims:

To see if diagnosis is a significant predictor for fatigue.

Methods:

We conducted a survey in a random sample of 69 patients with diabetes Mellitus (DM), 114 psychiatric outpatients (PO) and 383 healthy adults (C), using the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20). ANOVA test was used to reveille the statistical significance between the groups in all levels of fatigue.

Results:

The control group had a significant difference to the PO and DM patients in physical fatigue (MDPO = -3.835 p < .001), (MDDM. = -2.745p< .001), in reduced activity (MD PO = -3.719 p < .001), (MDDM = -3.155 p < .001) and reduced motivation (MDPO = -3.569 p < .001), (MDDM = -2.349 p < .001). Psychiatric outpatients had a significant difference with DM patients and control in general fatigue (MDC = -4.135 p< .001), (MDDM. = -3.835 p < .001) and in mental fatigue (MDC = 4.638 p < .001), (MDDM. = 4.346 p < .001).

Conclusions:

Analysis shows that both psychiatric outpatients and patients with DM experience fatigue in all aspects of the measurement as expected, in a statistical significant level compared to the general population.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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