Women Experience Higher Levels of Fatigue Than Men at the End of Life: A Longitudinal Home Palliative Care Study Amna F. Husain, MD, MPH, Kay Stewart,

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Women Experience Higher Levels of Fatigue Than Men at the End of Life: A Longitudinal Home Palliative Care Study Amna F. Husain, MD, MPH, Kay Stewart, MD, Rita Arseneault, RN, Rahim Moineddin, PhD, Victor Cellarius, MD, S. Lawrence Librach, MD, Deborah Dudgeon, MD Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 389-397 (April 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.019 Copyright © 2007 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Fatigue scores by sex. Mean fatigue scores (BFI) were significantly higher in women than men at entry (Week 0, P≤0.001) and over time. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2007 33, 389-397DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.019) Copyright © 2007 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Fatigue interference with QOL by sex. Women and men had similar levels of fatigue interference with QOL (P=ns). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2007 33, 389-397DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.019) Copyright © 2007 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Fig. 3 Survival curves by sex. Women had a significant survival advantage over men (Wilcoxon rank sum, P=0.0049). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2007 33, 389-397DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.019) Copyright © 2007 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions