Reliability and Validity of the Taiwan-version of Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory and Fatigue Severity Scale

Completed

• Conditions: Taiwan-version Questionnaire; Fatigue
• Interventions: Other: No Interventions

• Registration Number: NCT02596139
• Lead Sponsor: Chang Gung University

Brief Summary

The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) is a 20-item self-report instrument designed to measure fatigue. It covers the following dimensions: general fatigue, physical fatigue, mental fatigue, reduced motivation and reduced activity.

Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) contains nine statements that rate the severity of fatigue symptoms. The purposes of this study are to translate fatigue questionnaires of -MFI- and -FSS- to Taiwan-version, and to examine the reliability and validity of the scales.

A hundred adult people without diagnosed physical nor mental disabilities will be recruited. Subjects will fill out the Taiwan-version of MFI, FSS, SF-36 and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) to establish the validity. Subjects will re-fill the MFI and FSS one week later to evaluate the test-retest reliability.

Another twenty people who are familiar with both English and Chinese will be recruited to evaluate the translation reliability. Subjects will fill out the English version of MFI and FSS and, then, fill out the Taiwan-version of the MFI and FSS with at least ten minutes apart. The translation reliability will be evaluated by paired t test and the intraclass correlation coefficient.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-03
• Primary Completion: 2015-08
• Study Completion: 2015-08
• Status Verified: 2015-11
• Study First Submitted: 2015-11-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-11-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-11-02
• Study First Posted: 2015-11-04
• Last Update Posted: 2015-11-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 123

Inclusion Criteria

• No cognition or mental disorders

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Healthy people	No Interventions	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessing the reliability and validity of Taiwan-version Fatigue Severity Scale questionnaire	1 week
Assessing the reliability and validity of Taiwan-version Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory questionnaire	1 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
SF-36 questionnaire	Baseline	To establish the criterion validity
Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index questionnaire	Baseline	To establish the criterion validity

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chang Gung University; 🇨🇳 Taoyuan, Taiwan