Fatigue Severity Scale
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Objective
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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
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Those with a variety of diagnoses including arthritis, fibromyalgia, geriatrics, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke
Method of Use[edit | edit source]
- 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.
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Evidence[edit | edit source]
Reliability[edit | edit source]
Test-retest Reliability
Parkinson's Disease:
(Valderramas et al, 2012; n = 30, mean age = 62 (11) years, mean time post- PD = 7.6 (6.5) years) [1]
- The evaluation of the FSS-BR (Fatigue Severity Scale-Brazilian-Portuguese version) suggests an excellent Test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.91)
Interrater/Intrarater Reliability
Not established
Validity[edit | edit source]
Responsiveness[edit | edit source]
Miscellaneous
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- ↑ Valderramas, S., Feres, A. C., et al. "Reliability and validity study of a Brazilian-Portuguese version of the fatigue severity scale in Parkinson's disease patients." Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2012 70(7): 497-500
