Definition
Fatigue is still an ambiguous concept, which especially relates to the reaction to physical and psychological workloads and includes different experiences and states of mind such as impaired energy and vitality (Avlund 2010). Fatigue is also defined as a subjective lack of physical and/or mental energy that is perceived by the individual to interfere with the usual or desired activities (Eldadah 2010). According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (DSM-5), fatigue is a state usually associated with a weakening or depletion of one’s physical and/or mental resources, ranging from a general state of lethargy to a specific, work-induced burning sensation within one’s muscles. Physical fatigue leads to an inability to continue functioning at one’s normal level of activity; mental fatigue, by contrast, most often manifests as somnolence...
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Mendoza-Ruvalcaba, N.M., von Humboldt, S., Flores-Villavicencio, M.E., Díaz-García, I.F. (2019). Psychological Fatigue. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_85-1
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