Prospective validation of a new instrument for screening of incipient fatigue syndrome
This study is part of the collection Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Kai Österberg - Lund University, Department of Psychology
Description
The research team has developed a preliminary version of a simple, short and easily interpreted questionnaire for the detection of early stages of chronic fatigue syndrome. The draft version is now being tested clinically in occupational health. This is a validation study with the aim to further development and quality assurance instrument. The instrument is provided quarterly for 3 years to about 1,500 people who are likely to have an increased risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome. Of those that have shown increasing signs of stress-related disorders in two consecutive quarters every other is offered a individual consultation on stress prevention, while others offered the same consultation after rising signs of stress-related disorders in five consecutive quarters. This highlights the instruments predictive validity, ie. how well it measures early signs of what would later evolve towards chronic fatigue syndrome. The instrument is answered even by patients in the early stages of chronic fatigue syndrome, to verify the prospective findings. Further, the instrument are being tested at w
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HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Kai Österberg - Lund University, Department of Psychology
Identifiers
SND-ID: EXT 0073
Description
The research team has developed a preliminary version of a simple, short and easily interpreted questionnaire for the detection of early stages of chronic fatigue syndrome. The draft version is now being tested clinically in occupational health. This is a validation study with the aim to further development and quality assurance instrument. The instrument is provided quarterly for 3 years to about 1,500 people who are likely to have an increased risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome. Of those that have shown increasing signs of stress-related disorders in two consecutive quarters every other is offered a individual consultation on stress prevention, while others offered the same consultation after rising signs of stress-related disorders in five consecutive quarters. This highlights the instruments predictive validity, ie. how well it measures early signs of what would later evolve towards chronic fatigue syndrome. The instrument is answered even by patients in the early stages of chronic fatigue syndrome, to verify the prospective findings. Further, the instrument are being tested at w
... Show more..Time period(s) investigated
2012 — 2016
Geographic spread
Geographic description: Scania
Unit of analysis
Subject area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Contact for questions about the data
Is part of collection at SND
Associated documentation
Stress, occupation life and health
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Kai Österberg - Lund University, Department of Psychology
Description
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Web-based interview
Time period(s) for data collection: 2012 — 2016
Source of the data: Population group
Time period(s) investigated
2012 — ongoing