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Ann Hepatol. 2015 May-jun 2015;14(3):310-316.
The fatigue impact scale for daily use in patients with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus chronic infections.
Miranda-Pettersen K1, Morais-de-Jesus M1, Daltro-Oliveira R2, Dantas Duarte Dias A3, Teles C4, Schinoni MI5, Miranda-Scippa Â6, Paraná R7, Quarantini LC6.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Fatigue is an important clinical finding in the hepatitis virus chronic infection. However, the absence of scales to measure fatigue, translated and validated for Brazilian Portuguese, prevents access to information essential in clarifying specific clinical conditions in this population.
Ann Hepatol. 2015 May-jun 2015;14(3):310-316.
The fatigue impact scale for daily use in patients with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus chronic infections.
Miranda-Pettersen K1, Morais-de-Jesus M1, Daltro-Oliveira R2, Dantas Duarte Dias A3, Teles C4, Schinoni MI5, Miranda-Scippa Â6, Paraná R7, Quarantini LC6.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Fatigue is an important clinical finding in the hepatitis virus chronic infection. However, the absence of scales to measure fatigue, translated and validated for Brazilian Portuguese, prevents access to information essential in clarifying specific clinical conditions in this population.
AIM:
The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the fatigue impact scale for daily use (D-FIS), in Brazilian Portuguese, for patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) chronic infection.
The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the fatigue impact scale for daily use (D-FIS), in Brazilian Portuguese, for patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) chronic infection.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:
In this cross-sectional study, the authors evaluated the D-FIS in 101 outpatients, followed at the reference hospital. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview Brazilian (MINI PLUS) was used to identify psychiatric disorders, and the Short Form Health Survey 36-item (SF-36) to evaluate the self-reported quality of life. We also examined the impact of fatigue on the quality of life of this group of patients.
In this cross-sectional study, the authors evaluated the D-FIS in 101 outpatients, followed at the reference hospital. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview Brazilian (MINI PLUS) was used to identify psychiatric disorders, and the Short Form Health Survey 36-item (SF-36) to evaluate the self-reported quality of life. We also examined the impact of fatigue on the quality of life of this group of patients.
RESULTS:
Relevant psychometric D-FIS results were: floor effect proved to be 1%; skewness was 0.46; item homogeneity was 0.59 and SEM (SD = 8.51) was 2.4. The Cronbach's alpha was 0.920 and itemtotal correlation yielded coefficients ranging from 0.65 (item 1) to 0.85 (item 3). In a linear regression model, fatigue and depression influenced the self-reported quality of life.
Relevant psychometric D-FIS results were: floor effect proved to be 1%; skewness was 0.46; item homogeneity was 0.59 and SEM (SD = 8.51) was 2.4. The Cronbach's alpha was 0.920 and itemtotal correlation yielded coefficients ranging from 0.65 (item 1) to 0.85 (item 3). In a linear regression model, fatigue and depression influenced the self-reported quality of life.
CONCLUSION:
This study presents that the fatigue scale for daily use in Brazilian Portuguese can be considered a useful tool to verify the presence of fatigue in patients with the hepatitis viruses B and C.
PMID: 25864210 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
This study presents that the fatigue scale for daily use in Brazilian Portuguese can be considered a useful tool to verify the presence of fatigue in patients with the hepatitis viruses B and C.
PMID: 25864210 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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