DOI: 10.23642/usn.11977257.v1
title: A Longitudinal Study of Fatigue, Depression, Functioning, Sleep Disturbance and Quality of Life in Patients with Stroke.

description: This study examine the characteristics of fatigue and its relationships with depression, functioning, sleep quality, and quality of life in a sample of patients with first ever stroke. Design: prospective study over 18 month.<br>Data was collected in the acute phase in people with first ever stroke, and repeated after 6, 12 and 18 months. A number of 115 patients were recruited in 2007 and 2008.<br>Data were collected study from face-to-face interviews using structured questionnaires, patient’s medical records, and motion logger actigraphs.<br>The files uploaded contain metadata only.<br>Please see the attatched readme file for contact information.<br><b>Publications:</b><b><br></b>1. Cumming TB, Yeo AB, Marquez J, Churilov L, Annoni J, Badaru U, Ghotbi N, Harbison J, Kwakkel G, Lerdal A, Mills R, Naess H, Nyland H, Schmid A, Tang WK, Tseng B, van de Port I, Mead G, English. Investigating post-stroke fatigue: An individual participant data meta-analysis. J Psychosom Res. 2018. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.08.006<br>2. Lerdal A, Gay CL. Acute-Phase Fatigue Predicts Limitations with Activities of Daily Living 18 Months after First-Ever Stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017;26(3):523-31.<br>3. Eriksen S, Gay CL, Lerdal A. Acute phase factors associated with the course of depression during the first 18 months after first-ever stroke. Disability and rehabilitation. 2016;38(1):30-5.<br>4. Lerdal A, Kottorp A, Gay CL, Grov EK, Lee KA. Rasch analysis of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in storke survivors: A cross-sectional study. J Affect Dis. 2014;158:48-52.<br>5. Bakken LN, Kim HS, Finset A, Lerdal A. Subjective sleep quality in relation to objective sleep estimates: comparison, gender differences and changes between the acute phase and the six-month follow-up after stroke. J Adv Nurs. 2014;70(3):639-50.<br>6. Lerdal A, Gay CL. Fatigue in the acute phase after first stroke predicts poorer physical health 18 months later. Neurology. 2013;81(18):1581-7<br>7. Lerdal A, Gay CL. Curvilinear Relationship Between Age and Post-Stroke Fatigue among Patients in the Acute Phase following First-Ever Stroke. International Journal of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation 2013;1(5).<br>8. Kouwenhoven SE, Gay CL, Bakken LN, Lerdal A. Depressive symptoms in acute stroke: A cross-sectional study of their association with sociodemographics and clinical factors. Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2013;23(5):658-77.<br>9. Bakken LN, Kim HS, Finset A, Lerdal A. Stroke patients' functions in personal activities of daily living in relation to sleep and socio-demographic and clinical variables in the acute phase after first-time stroke and at six months of follow-up. J Clin Nurs 2012;21(13-14):1886-95.<br>10. Lerdal A, Lee KA, Bakken LN, Finset A, Kim HS. The Course of Fatigue during the First 18 Months after First-Ever Stroke: A Longitudinal Study. Stroke Res Treat 2012;2012:126275.<br>11. Bakken LN, Lee KA, Kim HS, Finset A, Lerdal A. Sleep-Wake Patterns during the Acute Phase after First-Ever Stroke. Stroke Res Treat 2011;2011:936298.<br>12. Lerdal A, Kottorp A. Psychometric properties of the Fatigue Severity Scale-Rasch analyses of individual responses in a Norwegian stroke cohort. Int J Nurs Stud 2011;48(10):1258-65.<br>13. Lerdal A, Bakken LN, Rasmussen EF, Beiermann C, Ryen S, Pynten S, et al. Physical impairment, depressive symptoms and pre-stroke fatigue are related to fatigue in the acute phase after stroke. Disabil Rehabil 2011;33(4):334-42.