Reliability and validity of Short Form 36 Version 2 to measure health perceptions in a sub-group of individuals with fatigue

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 25-26, 2011, Pages 2596-2604

  Davenport, Todd E ^a   Stevens, Staci R ^b   Baroni, Katie ^a   Mark Van Ness, J ^a   Snell, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b Pacific Fatigue Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Fatigue; Health perceptions; SF36v2; Short Form 36

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 81155151473     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.582925     Document Type: Article

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