Reliability of a chronic fatigue syndrome questionnaire

Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 41-66

  Hawk Hines, Caroline ^a   Jason, Leonard A ^b,c   Torres Harding, Susan R ^b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Center for Community Research   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Depression; Diagnostic criteria; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 35948978494     PISSN: 10573321     EISSN: 15470660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J092v13n04_05     Document Type: Article

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