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Fatigue as related to anxiety and depression in a community-based sample of twins aged over 50

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Measures of fatigue, anxiety and depression were administered in self-report questionnaire format to a community-based sample of 2703 Australian twins aged over 50. Factor analysis indicated that a two-factor solution was appropriate and demonstrated a clear separation between fatigue-related items and questionnaire items relating to anxiety and depression. Highly congruent factor structures were derived for male and female subjects.

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  1. Epidemiology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Post Office, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane QLD 4029, Australia E-mail: kathe@qimr.edu.au, Tel. +61-7-3362 0272, Fax: +61-7-3362 0101, , , , , , AU

    K. M. Kirk & N. G. Martin

  2. School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, and Academic Department of Psychiatry, St. George Hospital and Community Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, , , , , , AU

    I. B. Hickie

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Accepted: 3 June 1998

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Kirk, K., Hickie, I. & Martin, N. Fatigue as related to anxiety and depression in a community-based sample of twins aged over 50. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 34, 85–90 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001270050116

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