Differences in the experience of fatigue in patients and healthy controls: patients' descriptions
Differences in the experience of fatigue in patients and healthy controls: patients' descriptions
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DOI：
10.1186/1477-7525-5-36
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发表时间：
2007-07-02
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Bleijenberg, Gijs
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作者：
Gielissen, Marieke F.;Knoop, Hans;Bleijenberg, Gijs
背景：主要目的是制定一个形容词检查表，疲劳质量清单（FQL），旨在评估不同的感知疲劳。方法：961名参与者填写了FQL（28个形容词）。进行了成分分析和验证性因素分析，并评估了心理测量特性。研究了不同患者组间因子得分的差异，并比较了治疗前和治疗后对疲劳治疗后认知变化的评分。结果：发现四个独立因素具有足够的心理测量特性。在不同的患者群体之间发现了不同的看法。在疲劳治疗后恢复的患者在这些因素上的得分与健康对照组相似。结论：FQL似乎是一个很有前途的工具，在测量不同的感知疲劳，这可能是特别有趣的临床实践。
Background: the primary objective was to develop an adjective checklist, the Fatigue Quality List (FQL), aimed at assessing different perceptions of fatigue.Methods: 961 participants filled out the FQL (28 adjectives). A component and confirmatory factor analyses were performed and psychometric properties were evaluated. Differences on factor scores between different patients' groups were investigated and pre-and post treatment scores were compared in demonstrating change of perceptions after treatment of fatigue.Results: Four independent factors were found with adequate psychometric properties. Different perceptions were found between the patients' groups. Patients who were recovered after treatment for fatigue showed similar scores on the factors as healthy controls.Conclusion: The FQL appears to be a promising tool in measuring different perceptions of fatigue, which can be especially interesting for clinical practice.