Research Article
Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20): A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
| | | No or mild fatigue () | Moderate fatigue () | Severe fatigue () | value |
| | Age (years) | 45.39 ± 13.68 | 42.39 ± 12.20 | 40.49 ± 11.82 | 0.014 | | Sex | | | | 0.071 | | Male | 36 (16.8) | 122 (57.0) | 56 (26.2) | | | Female | 40 (10.6) | 222 (28.6) | 117 (30.9) | | | BMI (kg/m2) | 24.04 ± 5.36 | 23.39 ± 10.01 | 22.79 ± 3.61 | 0.506 | | Sleep duration | 6.78 ± 1.09 | 6.43 ± 1.08 | 6.23 ± 1.31 | 0.002 | | Smoking | | | | 0.161 | | Smoker | 9 (14.1) | 31 (48.4) | 25 (37.5) | | | Ex-smoker | 16 (19.8) | 44 (54.3) | 21 (25.9) | | | Nonsmoker | 50 (11.4) | 260 (59.5) | 127 (29.1) | | | Marital condition | | | | 0.542 | | Single | 18 (10.7) | 98 (58.0) | 53 (31.4) | | | Married | 56 (13.9) | 231 (57.3) | 116 (28.8) | | | Others | 4 (19.0) | 13 (61.9) | 4 (19.0) | | | Education | | | | 0.362 | | Under middle school | 6 (17.6) | 19 (55.9) | 9 (26.5) | | | High school or college | 37 (17.3) | 119 (55.6) | 58 (27.1) | | | Over university | 35 (10.1) | 205 (59.2) | 106 (30.6) | |
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Others: separation, divorce, or bereavement, data are mean ± SD or (%); values were obtained by the one-way ANOVA or chi-square test. |
