Table 2.
Clinical and Sleep Characteristics of Study Participants with and without Persistent Fatigue
| No PSF (N= 4866) | PSF (N = 1158) | Total N = 6024 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| DFA† | ||||
| Rarely/Never | 2819 (58) | 441 (38) | 3260 (54) | |
| Some Nights | 1131 (23) | 311 (27) | 1442 (24) | |
| Most nights/Every night | 901 (19) | 403 (35) | 1304 (22) | <.001 |
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| DSA‡ | ||||
| Rarely/Never | 2959 (61) | 487 (42) | 3446 (57) | |
| Some Nights | 1269 (26) | 354 (31) | 1623 (27) | |
| Most nights/Every night | 624 (13) | 311 (27) | 935 (16) | <.001 |
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| Sleep aid use | ||||
| Rarely/Never | 4010 (82) | 742 (64) | 4752 (79) | |
| Some Nights | 279 (6) | 94 (8) | 373 (6) | < .001 |
| Most nights/Every night | 570 (12) | 316 (27) | 886 (15) | |
|
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| No significant pain | 2558 (53) | 216 (19) | 2774 (46) | |
| Pain without activity limitation | 1294 (27) | 174 (15) | 1468 (24) | |
| Pain with activity limitation | 1011 (21) | 768 (66) | 1779 (30) | < .001 |
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| Pain Medication | ||||
| Rarely/Never | 3135(64) | 389 (34) | 3524 959) | |
| Sometimes | 717 (15) | 196 (17) | 913 (15) | |
| Often/Always | 1009 (21) | 572 (49) | 1581 (26) | < .001 |
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| Depression score | ||||
| < 3 | 3857 (88) | 479 (55) | 4336 (83) | |
| >= 3 | 528 (12) | 385 (45) | 913 (17) | < .001 |
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| Physical activity | ||||
| Yes | 1883 (39) | 252 (22) | 2135 (35) | |
| No | 2983 (61) | 905 (78) | 3886 (65) | < .001 |
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| Disease Burden | ||||
| 0 – 1 | 1645 (34) | 120 (10) | 1765 (29) | |
| 2. – 3 | 2533 (52) | 585 (51) | 3118 (52) | |
| > 3 | 688 (14) | 453 (39) | 1141 (19) | < .001 |
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| NHATS SPPB score*** | 4.7 (6.0) | 2.3 (5.9) | 4.3 (6.0) | < .001 |
PSF= persistent severe fatigue.
†
DFA= Difficulty falling asleep.
‡
DSA = Difficulty staying asleep
**
National Health Aging Trends Study Short Physical Performance Battery Test result (Higher result indicate better function)