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Neurology 2003;60:122-123
© 2003 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Fatigue and depression are associated with poor quality of life in ALS

Jau-Shin Lou, MD PhD, Alexa Reeves, BA, Theodore Benice, BS and Gary Sexton, PhD

From the Department of Neurology (Dr. Lou, A. Reeves, and T. Benice) and Clinical Research Center (Dr. Sexton), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Jau-Shin Lou, Department of Neurology, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Mail Code CR120, Portland, OR 97201; e-mail: Louja{at}ohsu.edu

Twenty-five ALS subjects filled out five questionnaires: the ALS Functional Rating Scale, Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory, multidimensional McGill Quality of Life, Center of Epidemiologic Study—Depression Scale, and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Fatigue, depression, and excessive somnolence are more pronounced in ALS subjects than in normal controls. Both fatigue and depression are associated with poorer quality of life in subjects with ALS, and should be treated aggressively.




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