Experience and measurement of fatigue in adults with Crohn's disease: results from qualitative interviews and a longitudinal 2-week daily diary pilot study.

Miguel RegueiroLaure DelbecqueTheresa Hunter GibbleLarissa StassekGale HardingJames Lewis

Published in: Journal of patient-reported outcomes (2023)

The interviews indicate that fatigue is a frequent and bothersome symptom experienced by most patients with moderate-to-severe CD and support the content validity of the FACIT-F in this population. Daily diary study results indicate that the FACIT-F scale demonstrates adequate reliability and validity among patients with CD. These study findings suggest that the FACIT-F would be a reliable, valid, and useful measure of fatigue in patients with moderate-to-severe CD.

Keyphrases

physical activity
sleep quality
early onset
high intensity
clinical trial
depressive symptoms
double blind