Current status and associated factors of fatigue among junior high and senior high school students in Suzhou City / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status and associated factors of fatigue among adolescents in Suzhou and to provide reference for improving adolescent fatigue.@*Methods@#A general information questionnaire and the Fatigue Scale14 (FS-14) were administered among 16 109 junior high and senior high school students from 20 schools in six districts of four cities in Suzhou, using stratified cluster random sampling.@*Results@#The physical fatigue score, mental fatigue score and total fatigue score of the participants were (3.90±2.24) (2.26±1.71) and (6.16±3.56) points, respectively. Gender, grade, academic performance, study time, exercise frequency, exercise duration, whether from a single parent family, living environment, family members frequently reported fatigue, and social support from around showed associations with adolescent fatigue score by the multiple linear regression analysis(B=0.35, 1.16, -0.50, 0.50, -0.26, -0.27, 0.32, 0.31, 1.19, -0.49, P<0.01).@*Conclusion@#The fatigue scores of adolescents in Suzhou are relatively high. Special preventive measures should be formulated to reduce the impact of fatigue symptoms on adolescents.