Table 6.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of each profile.
| Sympathetic with ANS Symptoms | Sympathetic | Parasympathetic | Balanced | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 35) | (n = 5) | (n = 21) | (n = 41) | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age (years old) | 38.6 | 7.8 | 46.0 | 4.6 | 39.6 | 7.9 | 35.8 | 7.9 |
| Years since first episode of fatigue | 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| Questionnaire scores | ||||||||
| Chalder Fatigue Scale | 25.6 | 4.3 | 18.0 | 3.4 | 26.2 | 3.5 | 21.6 | 3.6 |
| Chalder Fatigue Scale_mental domain | 9.9 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 7.9 | 1.9 |
| Chalder Fatigue Scale_physical domain | 11.2 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 9.9 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 1.9 |
| Fatigue Impact Scale | 94.3 | 23.5 | 34.2 | 21.7 | 99.2 | 23.5 | 58.4 | 25.5 |
| Fatigue Severity Scale | 51.4 | 6.0 | 39.2 | 7.6 | 54.0 | 6.5 | 40.4 | 10.5 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Gender, Women, n (%) | 19 | 54.3 | 5 | 100 | 17 | 81 | 25 | 62.5 |
| Education level | ||||||||
| Lower than secondary | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 5 |
| Secondary | 8 | 22.9 | 3 | 60 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 22.5 |
| University | 26 | 74.3 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 76.2 | 29 | 72.5 |
| Current job | ||||||||
| Unemployed/Student | 3 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 5 |
| Physical work | 7 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 22.5 |
| Technician/Engineer | 2 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 4 | 10 |
| Management/Headquarters | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23.8 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Specialist/Independent profession | 22 | 62.9 | 4 | 80 | 10 | 47.6 | 22 | 55 |
SD, Standard Deviation. ANS, Autonomous Nervous System.