作者: Anna Ericsson , Kaisa Mannerkorpi
DOI: 10.1080/09638280601055782
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摘要: Objectives. Fibromyalgia (FM) and Chronic Widespread Pain (CWP) are common diseases in primary care and, addition to the pain they cause, fatigue is a major problem. Fatigue regarded as multidimensional concept instruments assessing should therefore cover several different dimensions. The Multidimensional Inventory (MFI-20) measures five dimensions of fatigue. aim study was investigate test-retest reliability convergent construct validity Swedish version MFI-20 female patients with FM or CWP.Methods. To validity, 166 CWP completed Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) measuring global Thirty-six on two occasions, one day apart evaluate reliability.Results. Spearman's correlation coefficient revealed significant association between each fi...