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think this relates to the same study but am not fully awake yet!
Source: Frontiers in Pediatrics
Preprint
Date: October 15, 2018
URL:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2018.00330/abstract
The development of the DePaul symptom questionnaire: Original, expanded, brief and pediatric versions
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Leonard A. Jason(*), Madison Sunnquist1
- DePaul University, United States
* Correspondence: Prof. Leonard A. Jason, DePaul University, Chicago, United States,
ljason@depaul.edu
Received: 22 Jun 2018
Accepted: 15 Oct 2018.
One of the key requirements of a reliable case definition is the use of standardized procedures for assessing symptoms. This article chronicles the development of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire (DSQ) to assess symptoms of the major chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) case definitions. The original questionnaire has been modified and expanded over time to more fully capture symptoms from various adult case definitions, and a brief as well as pediatric version have also been developed. The DSQ has demonstrated strong psychometric properties in terms of test-retest reliability and sensitivity/specificity, as well as construct, predictive, and discriminant validity. The DSQ allows for a well-defined characterization of a patient's illness and allows scientists and clinicians to improve diagnostic reliability when employing case definitions of ME and CFS.
Keywords: Chronic fatigue sydrome, myaglic encephalomyelitis, Case definitions, criterion variance, DePaul symptom questionnaire