International development of the unidimensional fatigue impact scale (U-FIS)

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-468

  Doward, Lynda C ^a   Meads, David M ^a   Fisk, John ^b   Twiss, James ^a   Hagell, Peter ^c   Oprandi, Nadia C ^d   Grand'Maison, François ^e   Bhan, Virender ^b   Arbizu, Txomin ^f   Kohlmann, Thomas ^g   Brassat, David ^h   Eckert, Benjamin J ⁱ   McKenna, Stephen P ^a  

^a GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^h INSERM   (France)

ⁱ NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fatigue; multiple sclerosis; patient reported outcomes; questionnaire; Rasch; U FIS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; EUROPE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; EUROPE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954250333     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2010.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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