The Fatigue Questionnaire: Standardization in patients with major depression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 114-119

  Ferentinos, Panagiotis ^a   Kontaxakis, Vassilis ^a   Havaki Kontaxaki, Beata ^a   Dikeos, Dimitris ^a   Papadimitriou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fatigue Questionnaire; Major depression; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; FATIGUE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SOMNOLENCE; STANDARDIZATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952094826     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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