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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:

Existence of database:

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