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 |