The multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) psychometric qualities of an instrument to assess fatigue
1995/04/01 by E.M.A. Smets, B. Garssen, Bert Garssen +3 · 3,650 citations
Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · #Cancer survivorship and care #Clinical psychology #Confirmatory factor analysis #Construct validity #Convergent validity #Cronbach's alpha #Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research #Internal consistency #LISREL #Mathematics #Medicine #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Physical therapy #Psychology #Psychometrics #Reliability (semiconductor) #Scale (ratio) #Statistics #Structural equation modeling
paper · doi:10.1016/0022-3999(94)00125-o
published in Journal of Psychosomatic Research 39(3), 315-325 (Elsevier BV)
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