• Rev Lat Am Enfermagem · Jan 2013

    Prevalence of fatigue and associated factors in chronic low back pain patients.

    • Marina de Góes Salvetti, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos Pimenta, Patrícia Emília Braga, and Michael McGillion.
    • Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Ciências Medicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil. mgsalvetti@usp.br
    • Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2013 Jan 1; 21 Spec No: 12-9.

    Objectivesto determine the prevalence and key factors associated with fatigue in chronic low back pain patients.Methodscross-sectional study of 215 chronic low back pain patients from three health care centers and two industrial corporations. The crude prevalence of fatigue and its 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated. Associations between fatigue and the independent variables were measured.Resultsthe prevalence of fatigue among the participants was 26.0% [95% CI: 20.3-32.5]. Fatigue was independently associated with depression and self-efficacy. An increase of one unit in the score of depression increased the risk of fatigue by 9%; an increase of one unit in the score of self-efficacy reduced the risk of fatigue by 2%.Conclusionsfatigue was prevalent in chronic low back pain patients and associated with depression and self-efficacy. Knowing these factors can direct strategies for prevention and control of fatigue in chronic low back pain patients.

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