The relationship of fatigue to mental and physical health in a community sample

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-132

  Williamson, Richard J ^a   Purcell, Shaun ^a   Sterne, Abram ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Farmer, Anne ^a   Sham, Pak C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Comorbidity; Depression; Fatigue; Mental health; Physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 13844275696     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0858-5     Document Type: Article

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