Screening Poststroke Fatigue; Feasibility and Validation of an Instrument for the Screening of Poststroke Fatigue throughout the Rehabilitation Process

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases : the Official Journal of National Stroke Association
Nena KruithofThamar Johannes Henricus Bovend'Eerdt

Abstract

Our objective is to investigate the feasibility and validity of a new instrument to screen for determinants of poststroke fatigue during the rehabilitation process. This prospective cohort study was conducted within the stroke department of a rehabilitation center. The participants in the study were postacute adult stroke patients. The Detection List Fatigue (DLF)was administered 2 weeks after the start of the rehabilitation program and again 6 weeks later. To determine the construct validity, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Checklist Individual Strength subscale fatigue, and the Fatigue Severity Scale--7-item version were administered. A fatigue rating scale was used to measure the patients' fatigue experience. Frequency analyses of the number of patients reporting poststroke fatigue determinants according to the DLF were performed. One hundred seven patients (mean age 60 years) without severe communication difficulties were included in the study. The DLF was easy to understand and quick to administer. The DLF showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha: .79 and .87), high convergent validity (rs = .85 and rs = .79), and good divergent validity (rs = .31 and rs = .45). The majority of the patients (88.4%-...Continue Reading

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