The Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire is a valid and reliable measure of perceived fatigue severity in multiple sclerosis
Author(s) -
Joseph Chilcot,
Sam Norton,
Maedhbh Etain Kelly,
Rona MossMorris
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
multiple sclerosis journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.729
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1477-0970
pISSN - 1352-4585
DOI - 10.1177/1352458515598019
Subject(s) - psychology , discriminant validity , confirmatory factor analysis , multiple sclerosis , clinical psychology , psychometrics , mood , chronic fatigue syndrome , physical therapy , internal consistency , psychiatry , medicine , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics
Fatigue is one of the most distressing symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Measuring MS fatigue poses a number of challenges. Many measures confound definitions of severity and impact of fatigue and/or lack psychometric validation in MS.
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