The first part of the phase 1 screening questionnaire also contained the Fatigue Scale30 and other questions assessing quality and duration of fatigue. The Fatigue Scale provides a continuous distribution of fatigue scores. Despite its brevity, this scale was reliable and valid, possessing good face...
Nijs J, Vaes P, De Meirleir K. The Chronic Fatigue Syn- drome Activities and Participation Questionnaire (CFS- APQ): An overview. Occup Ther Int. 2005;12(2):107-21. [PMID:16136868] http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oti.19Nijs J, Vaes P, De Meirleir K. The chronic fatigue syndrome ...
Chronic fatigue syndrome is characterised by intense fatigue, with duration of over six months and associated to other related symptoms. The latter include asthenia and easily induced tiredness that is not recovered after a night's sleep. The fatigue becomes so severe that it forces a 50% reduct...
Secondary efficacy end points (Supplement [eTable 4]) were Functional Disability Inventory total sum score, Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire total sum score, Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire insomnia score, CFS symptom inventory hypersensitivity score, Brief Pain Inventory average pain score, Digit span ...
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disorder of unknown etiology, consisting of prolonged, debilitating fatigue, and a multitude of symptoms including neurocognitive dysfunction, flu-like symptoms, myalgia, weakness, arthralgia, low-grade fever, sore throat, headache, sleep disturbances, and swelling ...
Each subject also completed the Chalder Fatigue Scale at 6, 12 and 24 months [30], along with the Youth Medical Questionnaire, Modifiable Activity Questionnaire, Sleep Assessment Questionnaire, and the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV Child Version, Child/Young Adult Behavior Checklist,...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaire. 2007, Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Google Scholar Ware J, Kosinski M, Keller SD: A 12-item short-form...
This correlated with cough frequency, severity (VAS), but not cough-related QoL questionnaire. Furthermore, improvement of HCR in the recovery period was inversely correlated with frequency of future acute exacerbations monitored over 1 year.161 Despite the small size of the studied patient ...
The economic impact of chronic fatigue syndrome. The Medical Journal of Australia. 1992;157(9):599.Lloyd AR, Pender H. The economic impact of chronic fatigue syndrome. Med J Aust 1992:157:599-601.Lloyd AR,Pender H.The economic impact of chronic fatigue syndrome. Medical Journal of Australia...
In a recent DanFunD study, we reported a questionnaire-based prevalence of having at least one FSS and/or BDS that was almost 50% higher than in the current study34. This difference may be explained by the fact that in the current study, we did not include participants with conventionally...