The measurement of fatigue: a new instrument
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Fatigue is a frequent medical symptom which has not been routinely measured. We present a 29-item fatigue assessment instrument, describe its psychometric properties, and use it to differentiate normal fatigue from fatigue related medical disorders. Differences in fatigue across a variety of medical disorders, the reproducibility of the fatigue instrument, and its convergent validity with other fatigue measures are also described.
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- Authors
- Schwartz, J. E., Jandorf, L., & Krupp, L. B.
- Affiliations
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Krupp, Lauren B.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1993-10
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 753-762
- ISSN
- 0022-3999 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1965789873
- Cited by
- 562
- References
- 17
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- FWCI
- 0.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Keywords
- fatigue, fatigue assessment instruments, psychometric properties, convergent validity, reproducibility, health disorders, symptom assessment, psychometric validation
- MeSH terms
- Depressive Disorder, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Fatigue, Humans, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Lyme Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Severity of Illness Index, Sick Role, Reproducibility of Results, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
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