Measuring fatigue severity in primary care patients

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 515-521

  Hartz, Arthur ^a   Bentler, Suzanne ^a   Watson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Health status indicators; Mass screening; Primary health care; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0141672078     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00600-1     Document Type: Article

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