Fatigue

Fatigue

1. c/o lack of physical and or mental energy that is perceived by the person as interfering with normal daily activites.

   • Scope= no fatigue to exhaustion
     • 3 Defining Characteristics of Fatgue:
       • feeling of weakness causing inability to perform certain activities
       • Easily fatigued/ Reduced performanace
       • Mental fatigue causing impaired concentration, memory loss and emotional instability
         • Leading Causes of Fatigue
           • Waste product accumulation
           • Insufficient supply of substances
           • An inflammatory process/response
           • Risk Factors
             • All ages at risk Greatest risk in older adults and women
             • med conditions/tx nutritional status lifestyle choices
               • Primary Preventions *Exercise *Good nutrition *adequate sleep *managing stress *vitamin supplements
               • Secondary Prevention *population-wide screening efforts to reduce *use fatigue screening tool to ask add't questions to high-risk patients
               • Collaborative Interventions *managing poor lifestyle/disease *treat underlying condition to reduce fatigue *exercise/rest therapy *sleep hygiene *nutrition teaching *stress management *pharmacological tx *psychological care
     • usually normal & relieved by mental or physical rest but considered abnormal when persistent or severe
       • Temporary or chronic (>6 months)

2. Subjective Data

3. Assessment

   • * Subjective/personal description *onset/course *duration & daily pattern *Factors that alleivate or exacerbate *impact on daily life
   • Physical Exa,m *inspection: general appearance, gait, skin *palpitation: lymph adenopathy, thyroid nodules, & goiter *auscultation: heart & lungs underlying conditions
     • *Diagnostic test to rule out underlying dx

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