DUFS and DEFS: Development, reliability and validity of the Dutch fatigue scale and the Dutch exertion fatigue scale

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 115-123

  Tiesinga, Lucas J ^a   Dassen, Theo W N ^a   Halfens, Rund J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Measurement instrument; NANDA; Nursing diagnosis; Psychometric testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031993323     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(98)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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