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ea0041ep920 | Pituitary - Clinical | ECE2016

Fatigue and subjective complaints in patients with active and controlled acromegaly: a cross sectional multi-center study

Zimmermann Anca , Zwerenz Rudiger , Droste Michael , Schofl Christof , Strasburger Christian J , Plockinger Ursula , Honegger Jurgen , Millaku Bledar , Beutel Manfred E , Weber Matthias M

Introduction: Acromegalic patients (AP) often report fatigue and chronic subjective complaints. We aimed to investigate in more detail these aspects in AP, dependent on disease activity, age, gender, medication and pituitary insufficiency (PI).Patients/methods: Cross sectional, 124 patients (M/W 51/73, age 58.3±14.7 years, 49/75–active/controlled disease). The patients completed the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) and the Giessen Su...