Improving a measure of mobility-related fatigue (The Mobility-Tiredness Scale) by establishing item intensity

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 429-433

  Fieo, Robert A ^a   Mortensen, Erik L ^b   Rantanen, Taina ^c   Avlund, Kirsten ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

mobility related fatigue; scale validation; task intensity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILITY TIREDNESS SCALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT MOBILITY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84875225818     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12122     Document Type: Article

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