The mediating role of emotional symptomatology between anticipatory fatigue and the perception of fatigue

  1. Juan Francisco Rodríguez Testal 1
  2. Sandra Fuentes Márquez 2
  3. Cristina Senín Calderón 3
  4. Miguel Ángel Carrasco 4
  1. 1 Universidad de Sevilla (España)
  2. 2 Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez (Huelva, España)
  3. 3 Universidad de Cádiz (España)
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) (España)
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Journal:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 28

Issue: 2

Pages: 187-193

Type: Article

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Abstract

Background: Clinical research stresses the importance of cognitive variables for predisposition, onset, and especially, perpetuation of perceived fatigue. The aim was to analyze the mediating effects of emotional symptomatology (somatic, depressive and anxiety) between anticipatory fatigue and perception of physical and cognitive fatigue. Methods: The sample was composed of 317 participants (29% from a clinical population) aged 18 to 76. Anticipatory fatigue and perception of fatigue were measured by fatigue scales. Emotional symptoms were assessed by the General Health Questionnaire, GHQ-28. Results: Depressive symptomatology mediated the relationship between anticipatory fatigue and cognitive fatigue in both groups, and also somatic symptoms/somatization in patients. The indirect effect of physical fatigue was observed only in the clinical group, with depressive symptoms partially mediating the anticipatory fatigue and cognitive fatigue relationship. Conclusions: Anticipatory fatigue has a partial indirect effect on total physical fatigue, and full indirect effect on cognitive fatigue, mediated by depressive and somatic symptoms. Anticipatory fatigue is a relevant cognitive factor in the design of psychological intervention for improvement of cognitive and physical fatigue.

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