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We also have a Members Only thread on this topic: Measuring blood pressure Any recommendations or tips for choosing and using a blood pressure monitor for home use? Manual or automatic? Upper arm or wrist? Brand? Reasonable price range? Best technique? Limitations or issues? etc

Full title: Validation of symptom measures in patients under investigation for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS): The Orthostatic Grading Scale (OGS) and the Symptom Screen for Small-fiber Polyneuropathy (SSS) Highlights More standardized symptom reporting is needed in Postural...

Longitudinal viscosity of blood plasma for rapid COVID-19 prognostics Jennifer Illibauer; Tamara Clodi-Seitz; Alexander Zoufaly; Judith H Aberle; Wolfgang J Weninger; Manuela Foedinger; Kareem Elsayad Blood Plasma Viscosity (PV) is an established biomarker for numerous diseases. While PV...

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...

Abstract Background Fatigue is a common symptom in hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients recovering from COVID-19, but no fatigue measurement scales or questions have been validated in these populations. The objective of this study was to perform validity assessments of the fatigue severity...

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Assessing sleep and pain among adults with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: psychometric evaluation of the PROMIS® sleep and pain short forms Abstract Purpose To evaluate the psychometric properties of the patient-reported outcome measurement information system® (PROMIS)...

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...

Full title: Long COVID and episodic disability: advancing the conceptualisation, measurement and knowledge of episodic disability among people living with Long COVID – protocol for a mixed-methods study Abstract Introduction As the prevalence of Long COVID increases, there is a critical need...

Background https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlight/specialist-rehabilitation-focus-services-early-to-transform-lives-and-save-the-nhs-money The Needs and Provision Complexity Scale and its development The NPCS tool: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/cicelysaunders/resources/tools/npcs I wondered if this...

Abstract Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure. The benefits of physical activity for health maintenance have been well documented, especially in the prevention and management of chronic diseases. Therefore, accurate...

Abstract Energetics research is central to the field of human biology. Energy is an important currency for measuring adaptation, because both its acquisition and allocation for biological processes have important implications for survival and reproduction. Recent technological and methodological...

Abstract Some illnesses and diseases are not apparent to onlookers. Conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, postconcussive syndrome, endometriosis, and many psychiatric illnesses, for example, have symptoms that are not easily or at all measurable. Both...

Abstract Within biomedicine, the diagnosis of disease is often privileged over a patient’s experience of illness. Yet up to 30% of primary care visits might be attributable to persistent illness without a diagnosed disease, including functional somatic syndromes like fibromyalgia and chronic...

Funded study in progress. Abstract: Background: Paediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encaphalistis (CFS/ME) is disabling and relatively common (1-2% of teenagers). We need to improve treatment but need a well developed Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) to do this. Clinical...

Copied post this might be of interest from 2007 Assay: Measurement of Mitochondrial Function https://www.genengnews.com/magazine/80/assay-measurement-of-mitochondrial-function/

Highlights • Prevalence of diagnoses were lower in the diagnostic interview than in self-reported questionnaires. • Discrepancies constituted the clinical evaluation of symptom attribution and impairment. • Symptom questionnaires are an important screening tool. • Diagnostic interviews are...

Abstract The Beighton Score (BS) is a set of manoeuvres in a nine-point scoring system, used as the standard method of assessment for Generalised Joint Hypermobility (GJH). It was originally developed as an epidemiological tool used in screening large populations for GJH, but later adopted as a...

An old paper, one that I found when I was looking for papers related to physiotherapy. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233658666_Fatigue_-_concepts_for_physiotherapy_management_and_measurement Free Abstract

I have had a letter published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine entitled ‘Measuring improvement and deterioration in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: the pitfalls of the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire’ You can read the letter here (see posts below if you are...