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Fatigue – an indicator of early aging?

Fatigue – an indicator of early aging?. Anette Ekmann MScPH Collaboration: Copenhagen / Odense Supervisors: Kirsten Avlund Merete Osler Kaare Christensen PhD- student 1st March 2009. VELUX FONDEN. Why do we age so differently ?. Funded by:. What do we (not) know?. ?. ?. fatigue.

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Fatigue – an indicator of early aging?

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  1. Fatigue – an indicator of early aging? Anette Ekmann MScPH Collaboration: Copenhagen / Odense Supervisors: Kirsten Avlund Merete Osler Kaare Christensen PhD- student 1st March 2009 VELUX FONDEN Why do weagesodifferently? Funded by:

  2. What do we (not) know? ? ? fatigue disease Co-morbidity fatigue ? SES Lifestyle Health Work environment Social relations Disability Mortality SES Lifestyle Health / medication Social relations age middle aged old Sources: e.g. Avlund et al. 2007, Bültmann et al 2002, Watt et al. 2000

  3. The aim To analyse factors underlying fatigue in middle aged men (cross-sectionally) Study population The Danish Metropolit Cohort Men born in Copenhagen in 1953 Living in Denmark Questionnaire in 2004 n=6292 (66%) fatigue ? SES Lifestyle Health Work environment Social relations

  4. Measure of fatigue Fatigue being measured by SF-36 four vitality questions How much of the time during the past 4 weeks did you Feel full of pep? Have a lot of energy? Feel worn out? Feel tired? Scores are summed and transformed into a scale ranging from 0-100 0 equals high fatigue score High fatigue score Low fatigue score Sources: e.g. Bjorner et al. 1998

  5. Results – lifestyle and health/diseases *Adjusted by other variable within the group **Further adjusted by social relations, lifestyle, work factors, health, SES

  6. Results – social relations *Adjusted by other variable within the group **Further adjusted by social relations, lifestyle, work factors, health, SES

  7. Results – work and SES *Adjusted by other variable within the group **Further adjusted by social relations, lifestyle, work factors, health, SES

  8. Conclusions Middle aged men who feel fatigued have poor lifestyle poor health weak social relations low social class do not feel part of their work community

  9. Future plans Do healthy middle aged men with high fatigue score have higher risk of developing diseases over time than healthy men with low fatigue score? Does fatigue gives higher risk of developing morbidity and co-morbidity in older people? Do genetic factors influence the relationship between fatigue and onset of subsequent disease? ? ? fatigue disease fatigue Co-morbidities SES Lifestyle Health (Work environment) Social relations Genetic factor SES Lifestyle Health Social relations Disability mortality age middle aged old

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