Psychometric properties of the multidimensional assessment of fatigue scale in traumatic brain injury: An NIDRR traumatic brain injury model systems study

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lequerica, Anthony ^a,b   Bushnik, Tamara ^c   Wright, Jerry ^d   Kolakowsky Hayner, Stephanie A ^d   Hammond, Flora M ^e   Dijkers, Marcel P ^f   Cantor, Joshua ^g  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Carolinas Rehabilitation   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain injury; fatigue; measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF FATIGUE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870030203     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e31826fe574     Document Type: Article

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