Evaluation of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale in four different European countries

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-80

  Kos, Daphne ^a,b   Kerckhofs, E ^a   Carrea, I ^c   Verza, R ^d   Ramos, M ^e   Jansa, J ^f  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b National Center for MS   (Belgium)

^c AISM Rehabilitation Centre   (Italy)

^d AISM Rehabilitation Centre   (Italy)

^e Departamento de Fisioterapia   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fatigue impact; MFIS; Modified Fatigue Impact Scale; Multiple sclerosis; Psychometric properties; Translated versions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ITALY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED FATIGUE IMPACT SCALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 13844316632     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458505ms1117oa     Document Type: Article

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