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

      Administration mode:
    Self-administered

      Number of items:
    9

      Existence of database:
    No

      Recall/Observation period:
    The past two weeks
     
    Language(s)
      Original language:
    English for the USA

      List of existing translations:
    The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.

    This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors

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    Arabic for Egypt*
    English for Canada
    Hebrew for Israel*
    		 Slovenian
    Arabic for Lebanon*
    English for UK*
    Hungarian*
    Spanish*
    Chinese
    Finnish
    Italian*
    Spanish for Argentina*
    Chinese for Taiwan*
    French*
    		 Norwegian
    Spanish for Mexico*
    Czech*
    French for Belgium
    Polish*
    Spanish for USA*
    Danish*
    French for Canada
    Portuguese*
    Swedish*
    Dutch*
    German*
    Portuguese for Brazil*
    Thai*
    Dutch for Belgium
    German for Austria*
    Russian*
    Turkish*
    English for Australia*
    Greek*
    Serbian*


    * translations performed by the Mapi Institute
     


    Last update: September 2011
    Last update in collaboration with the author: December 2007


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