Underlying disease risk among patients with fatigue: a population-based cohort study in primary care
This study ranked the likelihood of possible diagnoses in patients who presented with fatigue, to inform diagnostic guidelines and doctors' decisions. Age-specific findings support recommendations to prioritise cancer investigation in older men (aged ≥70 years) with fatigue, but not in women at any age, based solely on the presence of fatigue.
Authors
- Cristina Renzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-9493)
- Brian David Nicholson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0661-7362)
- Matthew Barclay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1148-1922)
- Becky L. White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0643-7890)
- Meena Rafiq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1837-1542)
- Spiros Denaxas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9612-7791)
- Georgios Lyratzopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2873-7421)
- Arturo González-Izquierdo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0984-5830)
- Nadine Zakkak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4155-7756)
Institutions
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- Cancer Research UK (GB)
- British Heart Foundation (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- London Cancer (GB)
- Health Data Research UK (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of General Practice
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2025.0093
- Primary Topic
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00