Cross-cultural validation of the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire in Brazilian primary care

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-304

  Cho, Hyong Jin ^a,b   Costa, Erico ^a,c   Menezes, Paulo Rossi ^d   Chalder, Trudie ^a   Bhugra, Dinesh ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cross cultural; Fatigue; Primary care; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHALDER FATIGUE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33847213558     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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