Abstract
Objectives This study (1) examines fatigue over 1 year in adolescents with chronic pain (n=61) and depressive disorders (n=51) compared with healthy adolescents (n=60), (2) identifies longitudinal risk factors, and (3) tests sleep disturbances as a mediator between depression and fatigue. Methods Adolescents completed questionnaires at baseline, 6, and 12 months. Mixed effects models examined associations between risk factors and fatigue; structural equation modeling assessed contemporaneous and longitudinal mediation. Results Results revealed fatigue persisted at 1 year follow-up, with adolescents in the clinical samples experiencing greater fatigue than healthy youth at all time points (ps<.001). Age, baseline depression, and baseline sleep disturbances predicted longitudinal fatigue for the total sample (ps<.05), with variation in predictors by subgroup. Sleep quality mediated the contemporaneous effects of depression on fatigue in the clinical samples (ps<.05). Conclusions Findings underscore the longitudinal course of fatigue and suggest that improving sleep disturbances may reduce fatigue in clinical samples.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1070-1080 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of pediatric psychology |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Depression
- Fatigue
- Recurrent and chronic pain
- Sleep
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Developmental and Educational Psychology