Principais testes utilizados na avaliação de fadiga na esclerose múltipla: revisão sistemática
Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Systematic Review
Abstract: Recent studies show a high prevalence of fatigue on multiple sclerosis (MS) and its enormous impact on daily life. Thus, there is no agreement on the multiple dimensions of MS fatigue. On this work, we present a systematic review of published literature between 1988 and 2010, using keywords combination: multiple sclerosis, fatigue and scales, in order to describe the tools to analyze fatigue on MS patients and discuss its applicability. Twelve studies were selected that described subjective scales, as well as tools for objective analysis. Among subjective scales, auto-questionnaires which analyze the symptom in a one-dimensional manner (fatigue severity scale) or multi-dimensional (modified fatigue impact scale), including items about the impact on psychic, physical and psycho-social domains were the most widely used. Objective testing instruments were developed more recently and showed that motor and mental fatigue occur more frequently on patients with MS than on controls and are not related to depression, incapacity or length of illness.
Source: Revista brasileira de neurologia
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2289579937