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Polish Version Fatigue Severity Scale

Validation of Polish Language Version of Fatigue Severity Scale

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About This Trial

Fatigue is one of main symptoms in multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other diseases with profound effect on quality of life and professional and social functioning. Not infrequent it is misdiagnosed as sleepiness or other symptom. Fatigue severity scale is a time efficient and easy to apply instrument to assess the impact of fatigue on patient's life. The aim of this study is to validate the Polish-language version of the Fatigue Severity Scale.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - Diagnosis of definite multiple sclerosis or definite, laboratory-supported multiple sclerosis, or definite amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or probable amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or probable, laboratory supported amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ischemic stroke or - for healthy controls - lack of diseases, pharmacotherapy or habits, which could induce abnormal tiredness Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Presence of cognitive deficits or behavioral disorder, which could disturb participation in the study. Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of definite multiple sclerosis or definite, laboratory-supported multiple sclerosis, or definite amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or probable amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or probable, laboratory supported amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ischemic stroke or - for healthy controls - lack of diseases, pharmacotherapy or habits, which could induce abnormal tiredness Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of cognitive deficits or behavioral disorder, which could disturb participation in the study.

Treatments Being Tested

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Testing with Questionnaires

Testing with following Questionnaires: pFSS, Polish-language version of Modified Fatigue Impact Scale, Visual Analogue Scale of Fatigue, EQ-5D-5L (EuroQol-5 dimension) questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory II. In randomly selected 30 patients and 20 controls questionnaires will be administered twice with two weeks interval to assess the test-retest reliability.

Locations (2)

Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Neurology
Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology
Warsaw, Poland