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Table 1 Most frequently used questionnaires by type of scale

From: Assessment of fatigue in chronic disease: a bibliographic study of fatigue measurement scales

Questionnaire

Number of studies

Ad-hoc methods

669

Acute side effect assessment question

658

Multi-symptom scales

670

   EORCT QLQ-C30 [9]

131

   Short Form-36 [8]

100

   Profile of Mood States [10]

88

   Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire [11]

20

   Sickness Impact Profile [12]

16

   Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire [13]

11

   Symptom Distress Scale [14]

11

   Kidney Disease Questionnaire [15]

10

   Other multi-symptom questionnaires (n = 148)

283

Fatigue specific scales

416

   Fatigue Severity Scale [16]

68

   Fatigue Questionnaire/Fatigue Rating Scale/Chalder Fatigue Scale [17]

48

   Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory [18]

35

   Piper Fatigue Scale [19]

23

   Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Fatigue Scale [20]

22

   Fatigue Impact Scale/Fisk Fatigue Severity Score [21]

22

   Christensen-Kehlet Ordinal Fatigue Scale [22]

21

   Checklist Individual Strength [23]

16

   Maastricht Questionnaire (vital exhaustion) [24]

13

   Brief Fatigue Inventory [25]

11

   Visual Analogue-Fatigue [26]

11

   Fatigue Symptom Inventory [27]

10

   Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue [28]

10

   Other fatigue-specific questionnaires (n = 58)

106