Experiences of fatigue and depression before and after low‐dose 1‐thyroxine supplementation in essentially euthyroid individuals

Dzurec, Laura Cox

doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(199710)20:5<389::aid-nur3>3.3.co;2-d

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“…In the absence of an identifiable physical cause for fatigue, however, as is often the case for fatigued women (Lee et al, 1994;Libbus et al, 1995), the interplay of resources and demands blurs. This blurring was reflected in the reports of women participating in related studies conducted by the author (Dzurec, 1997(Dzurec, , 2000Dzurec, Hoover, & Fields, in press), which are summarized here.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Results from related studies (Dzurec, 1997(Dzurec, , 2000Dzurec et al, in press) show that healthy, fatigued women experience an overwhelming pattern of relationship alteration, most often reflecting uncomfortable noninvolvement or disconnection. As one study participant (Dzurec, 2000) noted, fatigued women "can't keep up" with others.…”

Section: The Cascade Of Fatigue and Relationship Disconnectionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Ten women and 7 men recruited through purposive sampling participated in the author's first, related study, conducted in 1995 (Dzurec, 1997). The study took place in a small town in the northeastern United States.…”

Section: Context Of Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While they have no qualms about what they want as an outcome, the means to attain the goal remain unknown. (Morse & Penrod, 1999, p. 148) As one fatigued study participant (Dzurec, 1997) noted, I really do wish I had known what to do a long time ago, because those 2 years or so (that I had symptoms) . .…”

Section: The Cascade Of Fatigue and Relationship Disconnectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(p. 393) "Knowing what to do" and "figuring it out" are complicated by the interplay of relationship disconnection and fatigue for affected women. For one thing, women with unexplained fatigue report experiencing numerous interpersonal difficulties including a sense of confusion and inadequacy that evolves toward experiences of powerlessness, as well as depression (Dzurec, 1997(Dzurec, , 2000Dzurec et al, in press) As important, although the character of their depression and its specific relation to powerlessness are not clear (Dzurec et al, in press), health care providers often treat women who present with complaints of fatigue as if they were presenting with depression (Fuhrer & Wessely, 1995;Lewis & Wessely, 1992). The fatigue component of the clinical picture is readily overlooked, contributing to the overall character of the fatigue experience.…”

Section: The Cascade Of Fatigue and Relationship Disconnectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Relationship as an Inherent Component in Healthy Women’s Fatigue

Dzurec

2002

West J Nurs Res

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The notion of fatigue has remained ambiguous despite more than 100 years of study. Fatigue is recognized as subjective in nature, and it is studied and clinically managed as primarily intrapersonal in scope, with treatment approaches often based in an established, if unfounded, hierarchy of assumptions. When a physiologic cause for fatigue is not identifiable, fatigue complaints often are considered illegitimate. This article builds on data from the literature and from the author's previous work in women's fatigue and relatedness to suggest that interpersonal relationships may serve to exacerbate healthy women's fatigue experiences. The importance of relationship to women's life experience and the inherently relational character of women's fatigue are discussed. The author proposes the importance of including interpersonal experiences as a component of the definition of fatigue for healthy women.

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