A qualitative comparison of healthcare practitioners' perceptions regarding fatigue as a symptom in neurological conditions: insights from a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia.

All participants worked in a single tertiary rehabilitation center in Saudi Arabia, so their views may not apply to other settings or levels of care. Participants were selected because they already managed fatigue in neurological conditions, so they may not represent practitioners with different experience. The study reports practitioner perceptions, not patient outcomes or tested effects, so it cannot show that a fatigue strategy works. Cultural factors were mentioned as important but were not explored, so the findings do not explain how culture shaped these views. The integrated team at the study site may have made views more similar than they would be in other settings.

The authors declared financial support from Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number PNURSP2025R535.

Do not read these themes as proof that endurance work, environmental changes, education, or rest reduce fatigue. The study reports practitioner perceptions from a single center, not patient outcomes or tested effects.