Self-report fatigue questionnaires in multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and stroke: A systematic review of measurement properties

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 925-944

  Elbers, Roy G ^a,b   Rietberg, Marc B ^b   Van Wegen, Erwin E H ^b   Verhoef, John ^a   Kramer, Sharon F ^c   Terwee, Caroline B ^b   Kwakkel, Gert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cerebrovascular disorders; Fatigue; Multiple sclerosis; Parkinson disease; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EQUIPMENT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

FATIGUE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84864041869     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0009-2     Document Type: Review

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