How to Identify Fatigue in Stroke Patients: Validity of the Post-stroke Fatigue Case Definition
How to Identify Fatigue in Stroke Patients: Validity of the Post-stroke Fatigue Case Definition
This study will translate an English case definition of poststroke fatigue and validate it against the Multidimensional Fatigue Questionnaire-20 and the Fatigue Severity Scale
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients with a clinical stroke within the last 6 months as judged by a senior doctor or by the research assistant.
Patients that have given written informed consent
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with aphasia, dementia or cognitive deficits so severe that they are unable to understand the purpose of the interview and the questionnaire. -