Berardi Anna, Graziosi Giulia, Ferrazzano Gina, Casagrande Conti Laura, Grasso Maria Grazia, Tramontano Marco, Conte Antonella, Galeoto Giovanni
Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 001859 Rome, Italy.
School of Occupational Therapy, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 May 25;10(6):985. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10060985.
Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and has a major impact on their quality of life. Measurement tools that assess the patient's condition are commonly used in the neurological field, though diagnostic tools are currently unable to distinguish potential alternative causes of fatigue in individual patients. The Revised Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS-R) is a self-administered assessment scale that is internationally used for fatigue measurement.
This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Italian version of the PFS-R in patients with MS.
Forty-one individuals were included in this study. Each participant in the study was given a dossier, in paper format, containing the informed consent form, a personal data sheet, the Fatigue Symptoms and Impacts Questionnaire in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (FSIQ-RMS), the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), and the PFS-R.
The PFS-R was found to have strong internal consistency, with a value of α equal to 0.977. Correlations between PFS-R, FSS, and FSIQ-RMS scores were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient, and all scales showed statistically significant correlations.
The PFS-R is a new self-administered tool to assess fatigue in patients with MS. It evaluates fatigue characteristics, difficulty in carrying out daily life activities, and how the individual feels as a result of this symptom. This tool was previously validated for use in cancer patients, which also allows us to make a comparison between different pathologies and rehabilitation treatments.
疲劳是多发性硬化症（MS）患者最常见的症状之一，对他们的生活质量有重大影响。评估患者病情的测量工具在神经学领域普遍使用，不过目前诊断工具无法区分个体患者疲劳的潜在其他原因。修订版派珀疲劳量表（PFS-R）是一种国际上用于测量疲劳的自我评估量表。
本研究旨在评估意大利语版PFS-R在MS患者中的信度和效度。
本研究纳入了41名个体。研究中的每位参与者都收到一份纸质档案，其中包含知情同意书、个人数据表、复发型多发性硬化症疲劳症状与影响问卷（FSIQ-RMS）、疲劳严重程度量表（FSS）和PFS-R。
发现PFS-R具有很强的内部一致性，α值等于0.977。使用皮尔逊相关系数分析PFS-R、FSS和FSIQ-RMS得分之间的相关性，所有量表均显示出具有统计学意义的相关性。
PFS-R是一种用于评估MS患者疲劳的新型自我评估工具。它评估疲劳特征、开展日常生活活动的困难程度以及个体因该症状的感受。该工具先前已在癌症患者中得到验证，这也使我们能够对不同病理和康复治疗进行比较。
