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A brief mental fatigue questionnaire
Author(s) -
Bentall Richard P.,
Wood Graham C.,
Marrinan Teresa,
Deans Carol,
Edwards R. H. T.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1993.tb01070.x
Subject(s) - chronic fatigue syndrome , psychology , mental fatigue , internal consistency , psychometrics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , chronic fatigue
A brief mental fatigue questionnaire was administered to normal subjects and muscle‐diseased, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), recovered CFS and depressed patients. The questionnaire was found to have excellent internal consistency and discriminated effectively between CFS and depressed patients on the one hand and recovered CFS, normal and muscle‐diseased patients on the other. However, the scale failed to discriminate between CFS and depressed subjects, who were found to experience qualitatively and quantitatively similar mental fatigue symptoms.