Fatigue six months after stroke.

What is it about?

We followed up people who had had a stroke, recruited from four centres, for six months to examine their fatigue. We found that 51% of our cohort had fatigue; for some this was new but for others it was a problem they had had earlier in their stroke recovery. Actual fatigue scores were significantly higher at 6 months than at 6 weeks after stroke.

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Why is it important?

Fatigue has not had the attention it merits clinically despite evidence that it is associated with poor functional outcome and increased mortality. Our study demonstrated that fatigue is not static and that people can develop it later in their recovery. Importantly many of the people in our study would be classified as mild- and this was still a key problem for them.