A BRIEF MENTAL FATIGUE QUESTIONNAIRE

被引:43
作者
BENTALL, RP
WOOD, GC
MARRINAN, T
DEANS, C
EDWARDS, RHT
机构
[1] UNIV LIVERPOOL, ROYAL LIVERPOOL HOSP, DEPT PSYCHIAT, LIVERPOOL L69 3BX, ENGLAND
[2] UNIV LIVERPOOL, DEPT MED, LIVERPOOL L69 3BX, ENGLAND
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D O I
10.1111/j.2044-8260.1993.tb01070.x
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
A brief mental fatigue questionnaire was administered to normal subjects and muscle-diseased, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), recovered CFS and depressed patients. The questionnaire was found to have excellent internal consistency and discriminated effectively between CFS and depressed patients on the one hand and recovered CFS, normal and muscle-diseased patients on the other. However, the scale failed to discriminate between CFS and depressed subjects, who were found to experience qualitatively and quantitatively similar mental fatigue symptoms.
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