Publication year
2007Source
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5, 36, (2007)-36ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Internal Medicine
Medical Psychology
Medical Oncology
Journal title
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Volume
vol. 5
Issue
iss. 36
Page end
p. 36
Subject
EBP 1: Determinants of Health and Disease; EBP 3: Effective Primary Care and Public Health; NCEBP 10: Human Movement & Fatigue; NCEBP 7: Effective primary care and public health; NCEBP 8: Psychological determinants of chronic illness; ONCOL 4: Quality of Care; UMCN 4.1: Microbial pathogenesis and host defense; EBP 1: Determinants of Health and Disease; NCEBP 10: Human Movement & FatigueAbstract
BACKGROUND: The primary objective was to develop an adjective checklist, the Fatigue Quality List (FQL), aimed at assessing different perceptions of fatigue. METHODS: 961 participants filled out the FQL (28 adjectives). A component and confirmatory factor analyses were performed and psychometric properties were evaluated. Differences on factor scores between different patients' groups were investigated and pre- and post treatment scores were compared in demonstrating change of perceptions after treatment of fatigue. RESULTS: Four independent factors were found with adequate psychometric properties. Different perceptions were found between the patients' groups. Patients who were recovered after treatment for fatigue showed similar scores on the factors as healthy controls. CONCLUSION: The FQL appears to be a promising tool in measuring different perceptions of fatigue, which can be especially interesting for clinical practice.
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