| 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 |
| Available in Language | --- |
| 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 |
| elizabeth.bacci@evidera.com | |
| Address | Evidera, Inc, 1417 4th Avenue, Suite 510, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA. |
| Website | --- |
| Available | --- |
| Links | --- |
| 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” |
| Cut-off points | --- |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| 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 | |
| Other Comments | --- |