Measuring fatigue following stroke: the Chinese version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale.

Disability and Rehabilitation
Lily Y W HoShamay S M Ng

Abstract

The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the Fatigue Assessment Scale into Chinese, examine its psychometric properties, determine the levels of physical and mental fatigue, and compare the fatigue scores in stroke survivors with and without depressive symptoms. The translation was conducted according to established guidelines and psychometric properties were examined in 112 stroke survivors. Physical and mental fatigue scores and between-group difference were compared. Content validity was good. Internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.71-0.82) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.77-0.95; κ = 0.38-0.83) were satisfactory. Minimal detectable change was good. The scale had two factors without ceiling and floor effects. Significant correlations were found between the Chinese version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale and the Mental Fatigue Scale (rs = 0.68), Fatigue Severity Scale (rs = 0.57), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (rs = 0.36), and Fugl-Meyer Assessment of upper (rs = 0.24) and lower extremities (rs = 0.24). Physical fatigue score was higher than mental fatigue score (12.00 vs. 10.00). Participants with depressive symptoms had higher fatigue sum, physical, and mental scores than those without...Continue Reading

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