Psychometric validation of the French Multidimensional Chronic Asthenia Scale (MCAS) in a sample of 621 patients with chronic fatigue
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Background
Psychometric validation of the Multidimensional Chronic Asthenia Scale (MCAS) was conducted in order to provide an effective tool for...
Abstract
Study objectives:
To evaluate the psychometric properties and clinical significance of a new scale for measuring daytime fatigue associated with insomnia: The Flinders Fatigue Scale (FFS).
Methods:
The 7-item FFS was used in two separate studies. Study 1 was an on-line validation study...
Hi All,
It's be really interested in what people's thoughts are for the most accurate fatigue scales that can be used in research studies?
Ones that also give representation to PEM over time.
The CFQ (chalder fatigue scale/ questionnaire) is often used but has serious limitations.
The DePaul...
Pust, G., Pöttgen, J., Randerath, J., Lau, S., Heesen, C., Gold, S. M., & Penner, I. K. (2019). In search of distinct MS-related fatigue subtypes: results from a multi-cohort analysis in 1.403 MS patients. Journal of neurology, 266(7), 1663–1673. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09311-2...
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Background: Fatigue is highly prevalent and has a negative impact on quality of life and performance in a variety of disorders. The 9-item Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) is one of the most commonly used self-report questionnaires to measure fatigue, but has only been validated in small...
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Aims: To compare the psychometric qualities of six fatigue questionnaires in a sample of working persons.
Methods: Internal consistency and test-retest reliability, content validity, convergent validity, and the dimensionality of the fatigue instruments were explored.
Results: All...
Elbers, R.G., Rietberg, M.B., van Wegen, E.E.H. et al. (2012), Self-report fatigue questionnaires in multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and stroke: a systematic review of measurement properties, Qual Life Res (2012) 21: 925. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-011-0009-2
Abstract:
Chalder...
Download the MSQLI: A User’s Manual (PDF)
https://www.nationalmssociety.org/For-Professionals/Researchers/Resources-for-Researchers/Clinical-Study-Measures/Modified-Fatigue-Impact-Scale-(MFIS)
Fatigue Impact Scale (Fisk et al, 1994b)...
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