Gielissen Marieke F, Knoop Hans, Servaes Petra, Kalkman Joke S, Huibers Marcus J, Verhagen Stans, Bleijenberg Gijs
Expert Centre Chronic Fatigue Nijmegen, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands.
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2007 Jul 2;5:36. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-5-36.
The primary objective was to develop an adjective checklist, the Fatigue Quality List (FQL), aimed at assessing different perceptions of fatigue.
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.
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.
The FQL appears to be a promising tool in measuring different perceptions of fatigue, which can be especially interesting for clinical practice.
主要目的是开发一份形容词清单,即疲劳质量清单(FQL),旨在评估对疲劳的不同认知。
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,并评估了心理测量学特性。研究了不同患者组之间因素得分的差异,并比较了治疗前后的得分,以证明疲劳治疗后认知的变化。
发现了四个具有充分心理测量学特性的独立因素。在患者组之间发现了不同的认知。疲劳治疗后康复的患者在这些因素上的得分与健康对照组相似。
FQL似乎是一种很有前景的工具,可用于测量对疲劳的不同认知,这对临床实践可能特别有意义。