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Why This Matters
Fatigue is a common, impactful symptom in pediatric and young-adult IBD but is poorly defined and measured, limiting the ability to design age-appropriate supports. This review highlights gaps that affect patients' daily life and care.
Who Should Pay Attention
pediatric-patients, teens, parents-caregivers, clinicians treating young people with IBD, and researchers designing studies or interventions for fatigue
Study Snapshot
Story typeResearch paper
Evidence typeResearch paper
Source depthJournal abstract
What To Know
The review pooled 36 studies and found inconsistent definitions and measurement of fatigue, often relying on adult-focused, unidimensional tools that may not suit younger people. Few studies explored lived experience or psychosocial contributors in depth, and no trials tested fatigue-specific interventions for this age group.
Evidence for indirect behavioural or lifestyle interventions was limited. Practical takeaways Researchers and clinicians should prioritize a multidimensional, developmentally appropriate definition and standardized measures of fatigue in pediatric IBD.
More qualitative work on how young people perceive and respond to fatigue and trials of theory-driven psychosocial or behavioural interventions are needed.
Keep In Mind
Structured content depth is abstract: the brief is grounded in the source-provided abstract. The review reports heterogeneity and methodological limitations across included studies and notes no fatigue-specific intervention trials in this population.
Source Details
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Research paper
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PublicationJCC Plus
AuthorsKate Muse, Emma Tickle, Annabel L. David +2 more
InstitutionUniversity of Gloucestershire
Study typeReview
Indexed viaOpenAlex
Source typeResearch paper
PublishedJul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
Content availableJournal abstract
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