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

Fatigue Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02596139
• Other study ID #: 104-0704B
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 2, 2015
• Last updated: November 2, 2015
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: August 2015

Study information

• Verified date: November 2015
• Source: Chang Gung University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 123
• Est. completion date: August 2015
• Est. primary completion date: August 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• No cognition or mental disorders

Study Design

N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fatigue
• Taiwan-version Questionnaire

Intervention

Other:
• No Interventions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Chang Gung University	Taoyuan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chang Gung University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Assessing the reliability and validity of Taiwan-version Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory questionnaire		1 week	Yes
Primary	Assessing the reliability and validity of Taiwan-version Fatigue Severity Scale questionnaire		1 week	Yes
Secondary	SF-36 questionnaire	To establish the criterion validity	Baseline	Yes
Secondary	Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index questionnaire	To establish the criterion validity	Baseline	Yes