Demographic Correlates of Fatigue in a University Family Health Centre

To delineate the demographic correlates of the fatigued patient,297 patients attending a family practice centre were investigated.Women were more frequently tired than were men; patients withless than a college education were over-represented, and employedpersons were more robust than the unemployed. Fatigue was alsoassociated with lack of exercise, nightly wakening and the presenceof children less than six years old in the household. Therewere no significant relationships between fatigue and age, smokingor ‘reducing’ diets. The results of the study shednew light on the correlates of fatigue and confirmed some long-standingbeliefs.