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title: "Post-stroke fatigue: screening, contributors, and treatment approaches"
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source_url: "http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/short/198/37/E1443?rss=1"
published_at: "2026-10-26T04:05:18.000Z"
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# Post-stroke fatigue: screening, contributors, and treatment approaches
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- **Evidence Rating:** Journal Feed
## Executive GIST (TL;DR)
- Post-stroke fatigue presents as early exhaustion, lack of energy, and aversion to effort during physical or mental activity that is not relieved by rest; investigators reported it affects **30% to 70%** of stroke survivors. - The symptom can appear within two weeks of stroke and often improves by three months, but data indicated about **40%** of patients have persistent fatigue at two years. - The Fatigue Severity Scale (9 items); scores ≥4 out of 7 denote clinically important fatigue and is the most commonly used screening tool. - Risk factors linked to post-stroke fatigue include depression, sleep disturbances (for example, sleep apnea), and pain; the study team observed these contribute regardless of stroke severity. - Clinicians should screen routinely and search for reversible causes: depression, sleep disorders, pain, infection, dehydration, hypothyroidism, anemia, nutritional deficiencies and sedating medications. - Authors noted that multidisciplinary nonpharmacological management is the foundation: education, sleep hygiene, energy conservation strategies, graded exercise, and counselling with caregivers and employers. - Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction are recommended as adjuncts in selected patients, according to cited guidance. - Pharmacologic options are limited; antidepressants are not recommended solely for fatigue unless treating comorbid depression or anxiety, and **modafinil** has shown benefit only in small trials requiring further study. - The article flagged evidence gaps in pharmacologic treatment effectiveness and cited disclosed competing interests for one author in the footnotes. - The report is an Open Access, peer-reviewed Practice article summarizing guideline-based recommendations and systematic-review–level prevalence estimates rather than presenting new trial data.
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Boulos * Department of Psychiatry (Sieffien), Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, Ont.; Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program (Boulos), Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (Boulos), University of Toronto; Sleep Laboratory (Boulos), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. * MD, MSc * [Find this author on Google Scholar](https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/google-scholar?link_type=googlescholar&gs_type=author&author\[0\]=Mark%2BI.%2BBoulos "Open in new tab") * [Find this author on PubMed](https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/external-ref?apath=/cmaj/198/37/E1443.atom&link_type=AUTHORSEARCH&access_num=Boulos%20MI) * [Search for this author on this site](https://www.cmaj.ca/search/?author1=Mark%20I.%20Boulos) * CMAJ * October 26, 2026 * 198 * (37) * E1443; * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.260287 [PDF](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/198/37/E1443.full.pdf)[Help](https://scholar.google.com/scholar/help.html#access) * [Article](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#tab-group-article) * [Responses](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#tab-group-eletter) * [Metrics](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#tab-group-metrics) * [ PDF](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/198/37/E1443.full.pdf) ## Post-stroke fatigue is common, debilitating, and underrecognized Post-stroke fatigue is characterized by early exhaustion, lack of energy, and aversion to effort during physical or mental activity that is not relieved by rest.[1](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-1) It affects 30% to 70% of stroke survivors, regardless of stroke severity, and is associated with poor functional outcomes.[2](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-2),[3](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-3) Risk factors include depression, sleep disturbances, and pain.[4](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-4) Although post-stroke fatigue frequently co-exists with depression, it manifests as overwhelming physical and mental exhaustion rather than persistent sadness, guilt, or loss of interest.[1](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-1) ## Systematic screening during routine follow-up after stroke identifies post-stroke fatigue[1](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-1) Fatigue typically emerges within 2 weeks of stroke and often improves by 3 months. It persists in approximately 40% of patients at 2 years,[4](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-4) and some patients have permanent fatigue. The Fatigue Severity Scale, a 9-item questionnaire, is the most widely used screening tool; scores of 4 or higher (out of 7) indicate clinically important fatigue.[3](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-3),[5](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-5) ## Reversible contributors to post-stroke fatigue should be identified and addressed Throughout recovery, during routine follow up in primary care and outpatient settings, clinicians should investigate patients who have had a stroke for reversible causes of fatigue. Causes may include depression, sleep disorders (e.g., sleep apnea), pain, infections, dehydration, hypo-thyroidism, anemia, nutritional deficiencies, and sedating medications.[1](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-1),[2](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-2) ## Multidisciplinary nonpharmacological care is the cornerstone of treatment Patients and caregivers should be counselled on post-stroke fatigue, sleep hygiene, energy conservation, balancing activity with rest, anticipating energy demands, sitting during chores, and delegating low priority activites.[1](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-1),[2](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-2) Progressive exercise and graded activity can support physical recovery and a gradual return to work.[2](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-2) Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction may be considered as adjuncts.[1](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-1),[2](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-2) Patients should be encouraged to communicate their needs for rest with family, caregivers, health care professionals, and employers.[1](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-1) ## Pharmacological options for treatment are limited Antidepressants are not recommended unless comorbid depression or anxiety is being treated.[1](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-1),[2](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-2) Modafinil has shown benefit in small trials but requires further evidence before routine use.[1](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-1),[2](https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/37/E1443#ref-2) ## Footnotes * Competing interests: Outside the submitted work, Mark Boulos reports funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, CanStroke Recovery Trials Network, Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, Alternative Funding Plan from the Academic Health Sciences Centres of Ontario, Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, and Toronto Dementia Research Alliance; consulting fees and honoraria from Sentrex, Axsome, Takeda, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Paladin Labs, Eisai, Precision AQ, and Lundbeck; unrestricted educational grants from Takeda, Eisai, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and Paladin Labs; receipt of sleep equipment from Zoll Itamar and CGX Systems; and a stipend from _Sleep Medicine_ for a role as field editor. 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