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Table 6

Measures of multiple sclerosis related fatigue.

Name of scale	Author, year [ref.]	Population	Specified fatigue subscales	No. of items	Scoring
Modified fatigue impact scale	Paralysed Veterans of America 1998 [42]	MS	Physical, cognitive and psychosocial	21	Likert scale
Rochester fatigue diary	Schwid et al., 2002 [43]	MS	Lassitude (reduced energy)	12 (1 item, 12 times over 24 h)	Visual analogue scale
Fatigue descriptive scale	Iriarte et al., 1999 [44]	MS	Spontaneous mention of fatigue, antecedent conditions, frequency, and impact on life	5	0–3
Fatigue impact scale	Fisk et al., 1994 [45]	MS	Physical, cognitive, and psychosocial	21	0–4
Fatigue assessment instrument	Schwartz et al., 1993 [46]	Lynne, Chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, Ms, dysthymia, healthy	Fatigue severity, situation specificity, consequences of fatigue, and responds to rest/sleep	29	1–7
Single item visual analogue scale of fatigue	Krupp et al., 1989 [47]	MS, lupus, healthy	None	1	Visual analogue scale
Fatigue severity scale	Krupp et al., 1989 [47]	MS, lupus, healthy	None	9	Likert scale

(Adapted from: MacAllister and Krupp [48].)