Impact of fatigue in multiple sclerosis: the Fatigue Impact Scale for Daily Use (D-FIS)
| Autor: | P Martínez-Martín, José Meca-Lallana, C de Andrés, J Ruiz-Martínez, Elena Rodríguez-García, Julián Benito-León, M L Martínez-Ginés, B Frades, B Huete-Antón, Alfredo Antigüedad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Multiple Sclerosis Psychometrics Adolescent Visual analogue scale Dopamine Agents Modafinil Developmental psychology Cronbach's alpha Rating scale medicine Amantadine Humans Benzhydryl Compounds Fatigue Aged Middle Aged Standard error Neurology Convergent validity Physical therapy Quality of Life Ceiling effect Central Nervous System Stimulants Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England). 13(5) |
| ISSN: | 1352-4585 |
| Popis: | Objective The Fatigue Impact Scale for Daily Use (D-FIS) is an eight-item instrument designed to measure subjective daily experience of fatigue. This study sought to determine the metric properties of the D-FIS in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Methods Sixty-eight patients with operationally-defined MS and fatigue (54.8% of the sample) underwent the D-FIS. Usual clinical measures for MS, the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and the Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) were also applied. In addition, patients with fatigue completed the Fatigue Descriptive Scale, the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI), a Visual Analogue Scale for Fatigue (VAS-F), and a Global Perception of Fatigue Scale (GPF). Results Full computable data, 95.6%; both floor and ceiling effect=1.54%; item-total correlation =0.62 (item 1) to 0.84 (item 6); Cronbach's alpha =0.91; item homogeneity =0.55; standard error of measurement =3.18; convergent validity with other fatigue measures = -0.57 (VAS-F); 0.52 (GPF); and 0.46 (MFI-general fatigue). Test-retest reliability (ICC) =0.81. There was a strong association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (FAMS) and D-FIS (rS=0.70). Conclusions In this study, D-FIS proved to be a feasible and valid instrument for measuring MSrelated fatigue, a frequent symptom associated with deterioration of patients' HRQoL. Multiple Sclerosis 2007; 13: 645-651. http://msj.sagepub.com |
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