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    Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)

    Author(s)
    Krupp Lauren B, MD
    Purpose
      Pathology:
    Pathological conditions signs and symptoms

      Disease:
    Fatigue

    [ The FSS has been used as a measure of disabling fatigue in a variety of disorders including multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, hepatitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome ]

      Objective:
    To assess the severity of fatigue and its impact on daily living

      Population:
    Adult
    Characteristics
      Type of instrument:
    Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)

      Mode of administration:
    Self-administered

      Number of items:
    9

      Existence of database:
    No

      Time recall:
    The past two weeks
     
    Language(s)
      Original language:
    English for the USA

      List of existing translations:
    (the translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Please check status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors)

    Arabic for Egypt

    Finnish

    Hungarian*

    Spanish

    Czech*

    French

    Italian

    Spanish for Argentina

    Danish

    French for Belgium

    Norwegian

    Spanish for Mexico

    Dutch

    French for Canada

    Polish*

    Spanish for the USA

    Dutch for Belgium

    German

    Portuguese

    Swedish

    English for Australia

    German for Austria

    Portuguese for Brazil

     

    English for Canada

    Greek

    Russian

     

    English for the UK

    Hebrew

    Serbian*

     


    * translations performed by the Mapi Institute
     


    Last update: July 2009
    Last update in collaboration with the author: December 2007


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