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The Causal Role of Fatigue in the Stress-Perceived Health Relationship: A MetroNet Study

Sham Maghout-Juratli, James Janisse, Kendra Schwartz and Bengt B. Arnetz
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2010, 23 (2) 212-219; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.090132

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    Figure 1.

    A path model analysis showing the relationship between stress, fatigue, and perceived health. The standardized coefficients are reported on the corresponding arrows. aP < .001; bP < .01; cP < .05

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  • Table 1.

    Characteristics of Primary Care Patients in Metropolitan Detroit (n = 315)

    Characteristicn (%)
    Female185 (58.7)
    Age, years (mean, SD)44.6 (14.9)
    Race
        White127 (40.3)
        Black164 (52.0)
        Other24 (7.6)
    Education
        ≤High school104 (33.0)
        Some college133 (42.2)
        ≥College degree70 (22.2)
    Marital status
        Cohabitating141 (44.7)
        Single106 (33.6)
        Widowed/divorced68 (21.5)
    Employment status
        Unemployed98 (31.1)
        Part time38 (12.0)
        Full time178 (56.5)
    Body mass index
        Normal75 (23.8)
        Overweight110 (34.9)
        Obese94 (29.8)
        Morbidly obese36 (11.4)
    Exercise
        None82 (26.0)
        Some regular exercise137 (43.4)
        Regular moderate exercise96 (30.4)
    Current smokers95 (30.1)
    Diseases present
        0148 (46.9)
        1–2135 (42.8)
        >232 (10.1)
    Fatigue cases*186 (59.0)
    Stress cases†213 (67.6)

    • * A fatigue case is defined by a fatigue score of ≥40.

    • † A stress case is defined by a perceived stress score of ≥40.

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