id: fatigue
title: "Fatigue in menopause"
kind: symptom
summary: "Fatigue and low energy are among the symptoms commonly reported across the menopause transition in symptom-prevalence surveys (npj Women's Health). Menopause-specific causal evidence distinguishing fatigue from aging and sleep disruption is limited."
evidence_strength: limited
status: published
sources:
  - url: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44294-025-00061-3
    title: "Perimenopause symptoms, severity, and healthcare seeking in women in the US"
    publisher: "npj Women's Health"
    study_type: "cross-sectional"
    note: "Prevalence survey; causal evidence separating fatigue from aging/sleep disruption is limited."
signals:
  - sig-20260710-fatigue-certainty
  - sig-20260710-fatigue-prevalence
confidence: medium
first_seen: "2026-07-10"
last_updated: "2026-07-10"
notes: "'Fatigue' needs an entities entry (kind: symptom); id not invented. Single source; commonly reported but menopause-specific causal evidence limited."