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Multidimensional fatigue inventory and post-polio syndrome – a Rasch analysis
BACKGROUND Fatigue is a common symptom in post-polio syndrome (PPS) and can have a substantial impact on patients. There is a need for validated questionnaires to assess fatigue in PPS for use in clinical practice and research. The aim with this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Swedish version of Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) in patients with PPS using the R...
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The discussion of this research paper may represent the starting point of the debate about the influence of sleep disorders on fatigue perception. These authors observed in a small cohort of patients with paralytic poliomyelitis (PP) and post-polio syndrome (PPS) a significant circadian variation of subjective fatigue evaluated by means of a validated scale. These authors showed a progressive w...
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BACKGROUND Cognitive behavioural therapy does not reduce fatigue in post-polio syndrome, but is effective in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. This difference in efficacy might be explained by a different role of cognitions in these conditions. OBJECTIVE To compare fatigue-related cognitions between patients with post-polio syndrome and facio-scapulohumeral dystrophy. SUBJECTS Patients with po...
متن کاملCircadian variation of fatigue in both patients with paralytic poliomyelitis and post-polio syndrome.
OBJECTIVE It was to evaluate the degree of fatigue in patients with paralytic poliomyelitis (PP) and with post-polio syndrome (PPS), and correlate it with parameters of sleep and the circadian cycle. METHODS Thirty patients, 17 female (56.7%), participated in the study: they answered the Revised Piper Fatigue Scale and performed a nocturnal polysomnographic study. Eleven had PP (mean age±stan...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2358-2731
DOI: 10.21472/bjbs.061203