TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Fatigue status in relation to lifestyle in healthy Japanese adolescents
JO  - International journal of pediatrics
A1  - Zou, Ning
A1  - Kubota, Masaru
A1  - Kuruma, Eriko
A1  - Kojima, Chiaki
A1  - Nagai, Ayako
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - 2010
IS  - ePub
N2  - In order to investigate the prevalence of physical, mental, and chronic fatigue syndrome-(CFS-) related fatigue and its relation to lifestyle, 1,225 adolescents (591 males, 634 females) aged 11 to 16 years were asked to complete a self-reported questionnaire on fatigue status and lifestyle in the past one month. There was no gender difference in physical and mental fatigue scores, but CFS-related scores were significantly higher in females than in males. These scores were found to increase with the increase of age. After adjusting for age and gender, multiple regression analysis showed that physical and mental fatigue scores were associated with sleeping hours, extracurricular sports activity, food balance, the frequencies of snacks between regular meals, intake of sugar-sweetened beverages, and visits to the nurse's room. This paper is the first large cross-sectional study on fatigue in healthy adolescents in Japan, albeit there were numerous such studies in Western countries.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1687-9740
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/520320
ID  - ref1
ER  -