Fatigue Severity Scale.
FSS
Severity and functional impact of fatigue (motivation, exercise, physical functioning, work/family/social interference)
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 9 items. 7-point agreement (1 strongly disagree to 7 strongly agree); mean or sum 9-63 (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many languages (validated in MS, SLE, post-viral, and general populations worldwide)
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Krupp, L. B., LaRocca, N. G., Muir-Nash, J., & Steinberg, A. D. (1989). The Fatigue Severity Scale: application to patients with multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Archives of Neurology, 46(10), 1121-1123.
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