Construct and criterion validity of the DUFS and DEFS4 in Lithuanian patients with coronary artery disease

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 452-461

  Middel, Berrie ^a,b   Van Der Laan, Bieneke H ^a   Stankus, Albinas ^c   Wynia, Klaske ^a   Jüch, Frits ^b   Jansen, Gerard ^a   De Greef, Mathieu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

assessment; cardiovasular disease; fatigue; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPECIFIC DUTCH FATIGUE SCALE; DUTCH EXERTION FATIGUE SCALE; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79956131517     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01449.x     Document Type: Article

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