The Situational Fatigue Scale: A different approach to measuring fatigue

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1357-1362

  Yang, Chien Ming ^a   Wu, Chih Hsing ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Rating scale; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSTHYMIA; FAMILY MEDICINE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21244480580     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-5680-0     Document Type: Article

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