ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2015
Systematic content evaluation and review of measurement properties of questionnaires for measuring self-reported fatigue among older people.
Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02684877 (Fatigue in Intensive Care Survivors One Year After Discharge), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Fatigue in Intensive Care Survivors One Year After Discharge
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence of fatigue and perceived fatigability in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing medical professionalism: A systematic review of instruments and their measurement properties.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Using EEG to Assess Cognitive Fatigue in Real Time: A Medical Simulation Study.Medical science educator · 2025Article
- Radiotherapy-induced fatigue in Palestinian breast cancer survivors.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Patient-centered Outcomes Research in Interstitial Lung Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2021Article
- Changes in Resilience Predict Function in Adults With Physical Disabilities: A Longitudinal Study.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2017Observational
- Fatigue in intensive care survivors one year after discharge.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeThe assessment of fatigue in older people requires simple and user-friendly questionnaires that capture the phenomenon, yet are free from items indistinguishable from other disorders and experiences. This study aimed to evaluate the content, and systematically review and rate the measurement properties of self-report questionnaires for measuring fatigue, in order to identify the most suitable questionnaires for older people.
methodsThis study firstly involved identification of questionnaires that purport to measure self-reported fatigue, and evaluation of the content using a rating scale developed for the purpose from contemporary understanding of the construct. Secondly, for the questionnaires that had acceptable content, we identified studies reporting measurement properties and rated the methodological quality of those studies according to the COSMIN system. Finally, we extracted and synthesised the results of the studies to give an overall rating for each questionnaire for each measurement property. The protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42013005589).
resultsOf the 77 identified questionnaires, twelve were selected for review after content evaluation. Methodological quality varied, and there was a lack of information on measurement error and responsiveness.
conclusionsThe PROMIS-Fatigue item bank and short forms perform the best. The FACIT-Fatigue scale, Parkinsons Fatigue Scale, Perform Questionnaire, and Uni-dimensional Fatigue Impact Scale also perform well and can be recommended. Minor modifications to improve performance are suggested. Further evaluation of unresolved measurement properties, particularly with samples including older people, is needed for all the recommended questionnaires.
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