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[Fatigue symptoms and their related factors of workers in institutions for the mentally retarded]. 1992

F Takeda

Institute for Social Work Research, Japan College of Social Work.

This study examined the fatigue symptoms and their relative factors in a group of nursery teachers and guidance workers (n = 480) belonging to institutions for the mentally retarded. 1) More than 50% of the respondents complained of neck stiffness and/or backache. The mean scores of the physical symptoms were higher than the standard cumulative fatigue symptoms index, while those of the mental symptoms were lower. 2) Analysis of variance showed that physical fatigue symptoms were higher in females, younger workers, those with longer years of service, those with more night duties per month, and those who expressed more dissatisfaction with their co-workers, wages, working hours, and work shift. Physical fatigue symptoms were not related to the severity of the mental disease of their clients. 3) Analysis of variance also showed that mental fatigue symptoms were higher in females, younger workers, and persons who expressed more dissatisfaction with their jobs, supervisors, co-workers, wages, working hours, and work shift. The severity of the mental disease of their clients was directly related to the mental fatigue symptoms. Furthermore, multiple classification analysis showed that those working with children had both higher irritability and morale than those working with adults.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007326	Institutionalization	The caring for individuals in institutions and their adaptation to routines characteristic of the institutional environment, and/or their loss of adaptation to life outside the institution.	Institutionalized Persons,Institutionalizations,Institutionalized Person,Person, Institutionalized,Persons, Institutionalized
D008297	Male		Males
D008607	Intellectual Disability	Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28)	Disability, Intellectual,Idiocy,Mental Retardation,Retardation, Mental,Deficiency, Mental,Intellectual Development Disorder,Mental Deficiency,Mental Retardation, Psychosocial,Deficiencies, Mental,Development Disorder, Intellectual,Development Disorders, Intellectual,Disabilities, Intellectual,Disorder, Intellectual Development,Disorders, Intellectual Development,Intellectual Development Disorders,Intellectual Disabilities,Mental Deficiencies,Mental Retardations, Psychosocial,Psychosocial Mental Retardation,Psychosocial Mental Retardations,Retardation, Psychosocial Mental,Retardations, Psychosocial Mental
D005221	Fatigue	The state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decreased capacity for work and reduced efficiency to respond to stimuli.	Lassitude
D005260	Female		Females
D006778	Hospitals, Psychiatric	Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient.	Mental Hospitals,Hospitals, Mental,Mental Institutions,Psychiatric Hospitals,Hospital, Mental,Hospital, Psychiatric,Institution, Mental,Institutions, Mental,Mental Hospital,Mental Institution,Psychiatric Hospital
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000704	Analysis of Variance	A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable.	ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D016526	Workload	The total amount of work to be performed by an individual, a department, or other group of workers in a period of time.	Employee Workload,Staff Workload,Employee Work Load,Staff Work Load,Work Load,Employee Work Loads,Employee Workloads,Staff Work Loads,Staff Workloads,Work Load, Employee,Work Load, Staff,Work Loads,Work Loads, Employee,Work Loads, Staff,Workload, Employee,Workload, Staff,Workloads,Workloads, Employee,Workloads, Staff