Psychometric properties of the CDC Symptom Inventory for assessment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Wagner, Dieter ^a   Nisenbaum, Rosane ^a,b   Heim, Christine ^c   Jones, James F ^a   Unger, Elizabeth R ^a   Reeves, William C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27344459789     PISSN: 14787954     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-3-8     Document Type: Article

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