Psychometric Properties of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale

Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Fatigue Impact Scale (FIS-P) in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the psychometric features of the Persian version of the Fatigue Impact Scale (FIS-P) tool when used in Iranian MS patients. Methods: 140 MS patients and the equivalent number of healthy controls completed the following assessments: FIS-P, Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), SF-36 questionnaire and  the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). ...

Psychometric properties of the Fatigue Severity Scale in obese patients

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) to verify whether this instrument is a valid tool to measure fatigue in obese patients, and to examine the prevalence of fatigue in obese patients. METHODS Before and after a three-week residential multidisciplinary integrated weight reduction program, 220 patients were asked to fil...

Psychometric properties of the Modified Tonic Immobility Scale

psychometric properties of the persian version of the fatigue impact scale (fis-p) in patients with multiple sclerosis

objectives: this study was designed to evaluate the psychometric features of the persian version of the fatigue impact scale (fis-p) tool when used in iranian ms patients. methods: 140 ms patients and the equivalent number of healthy controls completed the following assessments: fis-p, fatigue severity scale (fss), sf-36 questionnaire and  the mini-mental state examination (mmse).  results: a s...

Psychometric Properties of Fatigue Severity Scale in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Background & Aims: Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), due to its simple and clinical nature, is frequently used to measure fatigue level in patients. Since fatigue is a common symptom in multiple sclerosis (MS) disorder, the present study aimed at evaluating the psychometric properties of the Persian version of FSS in patients with MS. Methods: This study was descriptive and of a validation type, in...