Psychometric evaluation of the fatigue severity scale in patients with major depression

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-465

  Ferentinos, Panagiotis ^a   Kontaxakis, Vassilis ^b   Havaki Kontaxaki, Beata ^b   Dikeos, Dimitris ^b   Lykouras, Lefteris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cutoff score; Fatigue; Fatigue Severity Scale; Major depression; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958773435     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9769-3     Document Type: Article

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