THE MEASUREMENT OF FATIGUE - A NEW INSTRUMENT

被引:394
作者
SCHWARTZ, JE
JANDORF, L
KRUPP, LB
机构
[1] SUNY,DEPT NEUROL,STONY BROOK,NY 11794
[2] SUNY,DEPT PSYCHIAT & BEHAV SCI,STONY BROOK,NY 11794
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10.1016/0022-3999(93)90104-N
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
摘要
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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页码:753 / 762
页数:10
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