Development of a clinician-administered National Institutes of Health-Brief Fatigue Inventory: A measure of fatigue in the context of depressive disorders

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6800449	Journal of Psychiatric Research	2015	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Preliminary findings show support for internal consistency reliability and validity of the NIH-BFI, a clinician-administered measure of fatigue. Further testing in other clinical populations is recommended to obtain additional information on reliability and validity. The NIH-BFI provides a method for clinician-rated fatigue that may be a separate from depression.

Keywords

FACIT-F NIH MADRS HDRS BDI SIGH-SAD YMRS PROMIS DSM-IV Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue MDD ICC ECT rPFS ADT PCA Post traumatic stress disorder PTSD Major depressive disorder Depression standard deviation Principal component analysis Instrument development Fatigue Electroconvulsive therapy Antidepressant therapy Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System National Institutes of Health Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Young Mania Rating Scale National Institute of Mental Health NIMH Intra-class correlation Beck Depression Inventory