1. Predictors of fatigue among individuals with primary immune thrombocytopenia in China
Yang LI ; Ming’en LYU ; Yating HAO ; Boyang SUN ; Yueting HUANG ; Rongfeng FU ; Feng XUE ; Xiaofan LIU ; Lei ZHANG ; Renchi YANG
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2017;38(5):384-389
Objective:
To study the fatigue symptoms of adult patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and to analyze the possible factors that affect the severity of fatigue.
Methods:
Eligible adult patients with ITP who admitted to Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital were enrolled in this study and the questionnaires including a Chinese version of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) , the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) , the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS) and demographic information were completed. The predictors of fatigue were determined with multiple linear regression analyses.
Results:
A total of 207 patients with ITP were enrolled, including 70 males (33.8%) and 137 females (66.2%) , the median age was 42 (18-72) years old. The FACIT-F score in ITP patients was (37.50±9.05) . The FACIT-F severity of ITP patients was positively correlated with the platelet count (