Fatigue Severity Scale

 

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Objective

The Fatigue Severity Scale is a 9-item scale which measures the severity of fatigue and its effect on a person's activities and lifestyle in patients with a variety of disorders

Intended Population

Those with a variety of diagnoses including arthritis, fibromyalgia, geriatrics, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke

Method of Use

• A 9 item questionnaire with questions related to how fatigue interferes with certain activities and rates its severity.
• The items are scored on a 7 point scale with 1 = strongly disagree and 7= strongly agree.
• The minimum score = 9 and maximum score possible = 63. Higher the score = greater fatigue severity.
• Another way of scoring: mean of all the scores with minimum score being 1 and maximum score being 7.
• Self report scale.

Links

Fatigue Severity Scale

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