Measuring fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of scales in use
- Abstract:
- Objective. Fatigue is an important outcome for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The purpose of this study was to identify the scales being used to measure RA fatigue, and to systematically examine the evidence for their validation.
- DOI:
- 10.1002/art.22611
- URL:
- <Go to ISI>://WOS:000245878200010
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17394228 - Journal:
- Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research
- issn:
- 0004-3591
- Publication year:
- 2007
- pages:
- 429-439
- Symptom status:
- Physical state
- Functional status:
- Physical functioning
- Age:
- Adults (18-65)
Children (0-18)
Seniors (65+) - Disease:
- Diseases of and symptoms related to the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- PRO / non-PRO:
- Patient Reported Outcome
- Type of measurement instrument:
- 1 - Questionnaires
- Instrument:
- Binary question: fatigue
Binary question: tiredness
CFI - Chronic Fatigue Index
CFS - Chalder Fatigue Scale [alias: FQ - Fatigue Questionnaire][alias: FRS - Fatigue Rating Scale]
CIFI - Composite Index Fatigue Impairment
CIS - Checklist Individual Strength (versions: CIS-20; CIS-20R) | 
FACIT-F - Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy- Fatigue Scale
Fatigue hours
Five Items Modeled After Tack
FTC - Feeling Tone Checklist
MAF - Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue (versions: MAF-GFI - MAF-Global Fatigue Index)
MFI - Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (versions: MFI-20; MFI-SF)
NHP - Nottingham Health Profile |
NIH ACTRE - National Institutes of Health Activity Record
NRS - Numeric Rating Scale (versions: NRS-6; NRS-11; NRS-21; NRS-101; NPRS - NRS Pain)
Ordinal degree scales
POMS - Profile of Mood States (versions: POMS-11; POMS-14; POMS-37; POMS-65; Brief POMS; POMS-Adolescent; POMS-sf; revised POMS; POMS-F - POMS-fatigue; POMS-Bi - POMS-Bipolar)
SF-36 - 36-item Short Form Health Survey [alias: RAND-36][alias: MOS SF-36]] (versions: VSF-36 LoA - Visual Version of the SF-36 Limitations of Physical Activities domain; VR-36 - Veterans SF-36) | | also see: database.cosmin.nl
Time to onset of fatigue
VAS - Visual Analogue Scale (versions: vertical; horizontal; 0-10; 0-100)