Can the Fatigue Severity Scale 7-item version be used across different patient populations as a generic fatigue measure - a comparative study using a Rasch model approach

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Johansson, Sverker ^a,f   Kottorp, Anders ^a   Lee, Kathryn A ^b   Gay, Caryl L ^b,c,d   Lerdal, Anners ^c,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Lovisenberg Diakonale University College   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Fatigue; HIV; Multiple sclerosis; Questionnaire; Rasch analysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATIGUE SEVERITY SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; SWEDEN; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS;

EID: 84896832251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-24     Document Type: Article

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