Post Stroke Fatigue, Stroke
Conditions
Brief summary
This study will translate an English case definition of poststroke fatigue and validate it against the Multidimensional Fatigue Questionnaire-20 and the Fatigue Severity Scale
Interventions
OTHERquestionnaire
Sponsors
Herlev Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients with a clinical stroke within the last 6 months as judged by a senior doctor or by the research assistant. Patients that have given written informed consent \-
Exclusion criteria
Patients with aphasia, dementia or cognitive deficits so severe that they are unable to understand the purpose of the interview and the questionnaire. -
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mean MFI-20 score for case positive patients | at inclusion in the trial | Describes validity of the case definition with regards to the MFI-20 questionnaire |
| Mean FSS-7 score for case positive patients | At inclusion in the trial | Describes validity of the case definition with regards to the FSS-7 questionnaire |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inter rater variability of the case definition | within a week | Reinterview by a second interviewer |
| Optimal cut off score for case positiveness on MFI-20 and FSS | at inclusion in the trial (which is the time the values used are measured) | decide the optimal cut-off score on the two questionnaires to define case positiveness |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed