Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 928-949 , December 2009

Poststroke Fatigue—A Review

  • Anners Lerdal, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway
    • Research Center, Oslo University Hospital—Aker, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Anners Lerdal, RN, PhD, Department of Health Sciences, Buskerud University College, P.O.B. 7053, 3007 Drammen, Norway.
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  • Linda N. Bakken, RN, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway
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  • Siren E. Kouwenhoven, RN, MPhil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway
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  • Gunn Pedersen, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway
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  • Marit Kirkevold, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nursing Science and Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, Århus, Denmark
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  • Arnstein Finset, Cand Psychol, PhD (C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Hesook S. Kim, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway

,Accepted 9 April 2009.

 This project is funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN) for 2006–2010. Dr. A. Lerdal has received funding from the RCN (Grant 19256), the Norwegian Nurses Organization, and the U.S.-Norway Fulbright Foundation.

 This paper is a product stemming from the research project Post-Stroke Fatigue for which Dr. H. S. Kim is the project director and Drs. Grethe Eilertsen, A. Lerdal, and Heidi Ormstad are the principal researchers.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00732-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.04.028

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 928-949 , December 2009