The Swedish Occupational Fatigue Inventory in people with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 737-743

  Johansson, Sverker ^a   Ytterberg, Charlotte ^a   Back, Birgitta ^b   Holmqvist, Lotta Widén ^a   von Koch, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatigue; ICF; Measurement; Multiple sclerosis; Outcome assessment; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMNOLENCE; SWEDISH OCCUPATIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; WORK;

EID: 54049156200     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0236     Document Type: Article

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