The Measurement of Fatigue in Chronic Illness: A Systematic Review of Unidimensional and Multidimensional Fatigue Measures

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-128

  Whitehead, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

chronic illness; Fatigue; measurement

Indexed keywords

BRIEF FATIGUE INVENTORY; CHECKLIST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; FATIGUE; FATIGUE ASSESSMENT SCALE; FATIGUE IMPACT SCALE; FATIGUE SCALE; FATIGUE SEVERITY SCALE; FATIGUE SYMPTOM INVENTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF FATIGUE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE SYMPTOM INVENTORY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS FATIGUE SCALE; PARKINSON FATIGUE SCALE; PEARSON AND BYARS FATIGUE FEELING CHECKLIST; PIPER FATIGUE SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RHOTEN FATIGUE SCALE; SCHEDULE OF FATIGUE AND ANERGIA; SCHWARTZ CANCER FATIGUE SCALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG FATIGUE SCALE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 57849138286     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.08.019     Document Type: Review

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