{"id":1030,"date":"2010-08-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sltr.local\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:44:31","slug":"aetiology-of-fatigue-in-sri-lanka-and-its-overlap-with-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/publication\/aetiology-of-fatigue-in-sri-lanka-and-its-overlap-with-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Aetiology of fatigue in Sri Lanka and its overlap with depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"publication-container\" class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-3364bcfd alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8024b029\">\n<p>Harriet A. Ball, Athula Sumathipala, Sisira H. Siribaddana, Yulia Kovas, Nick Glozier, Peter McGuffin &amp; Matthew Hotopf<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"publish-date wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2010-08-01T12:00:00+00:00\">August 2010<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/category\/publication\/papers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Papers<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/category\/publication\/\" rel=\"tag\">Publication<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 197, Issue 2, Pages 106 \u2013 113<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>doi:<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1192\/bjp.bp.109.069674\" target=\"_blank\">10.1192\/bjp.bp.109.069674<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-33811260\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><br>Fatigue is a common symptom in Western high-income countries but is often medically unexplained and little is known about its presentation in other populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aims<\/strong><br>To explore the epidemiology and aetiology of fatigue in Sri Lanka, and of its overlap with depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><br>A total of 4024 randomly selected twins from a population-based register in Sri Lanka (Colombo district) completed home interviews including the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong><br>The prevalence of fatigue was similar to that in other countries, although prolonged fatigue may be less common. There was substantial comorbidity with a screen for lifetime depression. Non-shared environmental factors made the largest contributions, although genetic\/family factors also contributed. The aetiology appeared consistent across the spectrum of severity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong><br>The aetiology of fatigue is broadly similar in Sri Lanka and Western high-income countries. Abnormal experiences of fatigue appear to be the extreme form of more common fatigue, rather than representing independent entities with different genetic or environmental risk factors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8b71c1c5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-68630121\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-5e518491\">\n<p>Website:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-87ee0c4a\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry\/article\/aetiology-of-fatigue-in-sri-lanka-and-its-overlap-with-depression\/3E03A93B0FE640370A3BDC0145B82ABE\">Aetiology of fatigue in Sri Lanka and its overlap with depression | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-0fcdaf73\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-aa1e510a\">\n<p>PDF:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8d389701\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The-aetiology-of-fatigue-in-Sri-Lanka-and-its-overlap-with-depression.pdf\">https:\/\/www.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The-aetiology-of-fatigue-in-Sri-Lanka-and-its-overlap-with-depression.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatigue is a common symptom in Western high-income countries but is often medically unexplained and little is known about its presentation in other populations.<br \/>\nTo explore the epidemiology and aetiology of fatigue in Sri Lanka, and of its overlap with depression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-papers","category-publication"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"ta","enabled_languages":["en","si","ta"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"si":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ta":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Fatigue is a common symptom in Western high-income countries but is often medically unexplained and little is known about its presentation in other populations. 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