Measuring fatigue following stroke: the Chinese version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale.

Conclusion: The Chinese version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale is reliable and valid for assessing fatigue. The level of physical fatigue was higher than that of mental fatigue. Participants with depressive symptoms had higher fatigue scores than those without.Implications for rehabilitationThe Fatigue Assessment Scale has been translated and culturally adapted into Chinese. It is reliable and valid for evaluating fatigue in stroke survivors in both clinical and research settings.The Chinese version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale significantly correlated with the Mental Fatigue Scale, Fatigue Severity Scale, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and Fugl-Meyer Assessment of upper and lower extremities.The level of physical fatigue was higher than that of mental fatigue in community-dwelling stroke survivors so interventions could target physical fatigue.More attention should be paid to stroke survivors with depressive symptoms as their level of fatigue was higher than those without. PMID: 32142618 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research