Assesses fatigue in 3 categories:
fatigue associated with asthenia (fatigue at rest);
fatigue with exercise; and
fatigue with worsening symptoms
12
minutes
Initially reviewed by Kathleen Brandfass, MS, PT and the MS EDGE task force of the neurology section of the APTA in 2011; updated by Tess Allen, Alice Merrill, and Grace Schaeffer, Master of Science in Occupational Therapy students at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
There is no formal manual available in online databases regarding the administration of this assessment tool, although procedure may be inferred from Iriarte et. al (1999).
A description of the instrument’s administration may be available in a Spanish language publication only (Iriarte & de Castro, 1994).
Multiple Sclerosis: (Iriarte, Katsimakis, & de Castro, 1999; n = 155; female = 105; male = 50; mean age = 36.2 (11.1))
Adequate interrater reliability (Kappa = 0.53)
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We have reviewed more than 500 instruments for use with a number of diagnoses including stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury among several others.