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Name of the Instrument/Tool Severity of Worst Tiredness
First Description

Bacci ED, DeLozier AM, Lin CY, et al. Psychometric properties of the single-item measure, severity of worst tiredness, in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017;15(1):237. Published 2017 Dec 6. doi:10.1186/s12955-017-0807-5

Year 2017
Domains
Concept of constructs Fatigue
Population/Disease Disease specific
Originally developed for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Other rheumatic diseases
where can be applied (only if validated)
Any RMD
Additional population with no rheumatic diseases No
Language: Originally published in English
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REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION
Author/s Bacci ED, DeLozier AM, Lin CY, et al.
Title Psychometric properties of the single-item measure, severity of worst tiredness, in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis.
Journal Health Qual Life Outcomes.
Year 2017
Vol 15
Num 1
Pages 237
Country USA
Language English
Other references of interest
Link https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30902094/
Brief Description

This study explore the use of daily electronic diary, with the aim to reduce recall bias and improve the quality of PRO data collection.

Link https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29212515/
Brief Description

This study assesses similar PROs, Duration of MJS and Severity of MJS PROs; it demonstrated reliability, validity, and responsiveness in adults with moderately to severely active RA, supporting the measurement of these key symptoms in clinical trials.

Instrument/Tool Translations References
No other References.
DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION
Correspondence to Elizabeth D. Bacci
E-Mail elizabeth.bacci@evidera.com
Address Evidera, Inc, 1417 4th Avenue, Suite 510, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT
Type Of Measure VAS
Brief Description

Severity of Worst Tiredness is a daily electronic PRO diary single-item measure, to capture the severity of tiredness in that day. Patient’s were asked to complete it at the end of their day. 

Number of Items 1
Range 0-10
Responses options/scale No
Developed for Clinical practice, Research
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Method of administration Online/Mail based
Recommendations to score

It is anchored at 0 and 10.

Score Interpretation 0 represents “no tiredness,” and 10 represents “tiredness as bad as you can imagine” 
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Smallest detectable change if described ---
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Completion time by the patient 1 minutes
Scoring time by the assessor 1 minutes
Training to score Not necessary
Strengths Easy to use, Useful in clinical practice & research
Limitations Not widely used
OTHER COMMENTS
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