Measuring Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease: A Psychometric Study of Two Brief Generic Fatigue Questionnaires
| Autor: | David Cella, Peter Hagell, Arja Höglund, Jan Reimer, Brita Eriksson, Håkan Widner, Ingmari Knutsson |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Psychometrics Cross-sectional study Severity of Illness Index behavioral disciplines and activities Cronbach's alpha Rating scale Surveys and Questionnaires Severity of illness Health Sciences Humans Medicine Fatigue General Nursing Reliability (statistics) Aged Rasch model business.industry Reproducibility of Results Parkinson Disease Middle Aged Differential item functioning humanities Cross-Sectional Studies Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Neurology Physical therapy Female Neurology (clinical) business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; 32(5), pp 420-432 (2006) |
| ISSN: | 1873-6513 |
| Popis: | This study evaluated and compared the measurement properties of the 13-item Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Scale (FACIT-F) and the 9-item Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) in 118 consecutive Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, using traditional and Rasch measurement methodologies. Both questionnaires exhibited excellent data quality and reliability (coefficient alpha>or=0.9), and acceptable rating scale functionality, and both discriminated between fatigued and nonfatigued patients. Factor and Rasch analyses provided general support for unidimensionality of both FACIT-F and FSS, although they do not appear to measure identical aspects of fatigue. No signs of differential item functioning (DIF) were found for the FACIT-F, whereas potential age DIF was detected for two FSS items. These results support the measurement validity of both questionnaires in PD, although the FACIT-F displayed better measurement precision and modest psychometric advantages over the FSS. Availability of psychometrically sound fatigue measures that are applicable across disorders provides a sound basis for advancing the understanding of this common and distressing complaint. |
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