From: The extra-articular impacts of rheumatoid arthritis: moving towards holistic care
Measure | Population | Content | Completion time (minutes) | Scoring time (minutes) |
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Bristol RA Fatigue Multi-Dimensional Questionnaire (BRAF MDQ) [125] | Adults with RA | 20 items cover domains of physical fatigue, living with fatigue, cognitive fatigue, and emotional fatigue. | 5 | 3 |
Bristol RA Fatigue Numerical Rating Scales (BRAF NRS) For Severity, Effect, And Coping [125] | Adults with RA | 3 single-item numeric rating scales on fatigue severity, effect on patients’ lives, and coping with fatigue. | 1 | 1 |
Fatigue Visual Analogue Scale [89] | Any adult population | Usually one horizontal line, measuring 10 cm, anchored with verbal descriptors such as “not at all tired” and “very tired”. | < 1 | < 1 |
Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy (Fatigue) (FACIT-F) [126] | Adults with chronic illness | 13 items covering physical fatigue, functional fatigue, emotional fatigue, and social consequences of fatigue. | 4 | 4 |
Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Fatigue [127] | Adults with RA | 15 items covering 4 dimensions of fatigue: severity, distress, interference in activities of daily living, and frequency and change during past week. | 8 | 5 |
Short-Form 36 Vitality [124] | Any adult population | A 4-item scale covering energy and fatigue. | 1 | 1 |