评估肌痛性脑病/慢性疲劳综合征的功能能力:一个由患者告知的问卷
Kristian Sommerfelt1, Trude Schei2, Katharine A Seton3
1Children and Youth Clinic, Institute of Clinical Medicine 2, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7804, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
Journal of clinical medicine
|June 27, 2024
概括
一个新的问卷,FUNCAP,准确地评估了肌痛性脑筋炎/慢性疲劳综合征 (ME/CFS) 的功能能力. 该工具有助于诊断,残疾评估和ME/CFS患者的临床随访.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 患者报告的结果.
- 慢性疾病评估 慢性疾病评估
背景情况:
- 肌痛性脑筋炎/慢性疲劳综合征 (ME/CFS) 是一种使人虚弱的获得性疾病,影响所有年龄组.
- 运动后的不适是影响ME/CFS功能能力 (FC) 的关键症状.
- 缺乏有效的FC评估工具阻碍了诊断,临床管理,残疾索赔和研究.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一个新的问卷,FUNCAP,用于准确评估ME/CFS患者的功能能力.
- 创建两个版本的FUNCAP:FUNCAP55用于诊断/残疾评估和FUNCAP27用于临床后续和研究.
主要方法:
- 基于广泛的患者反,开发了FUNCAP问卷.
- 采用了五轮匿名网络调查和一项测试复试验证研究.
- 评估FUNCAP在两个大型,多样化的患者样本 (挪威和国际) 的可靠性和有效性.
主要成果:
- FUNCAP问卷有两个版本:FUNCAP55 (55个问题) 和FUNCAP27 (27个问题).
- 两种版本都表现出良好的可靠性和有效性,地板和天花板的影响微不足道.
- 在挪威 (n=1263) 和国际 (n=1387) 样本中观察到可比结果,证实了FUNCAP的稳定性.
结论:
- FUNCAP是一种有效,可靠和有效的工具,用于评估ME/CFS患者的功能能力.
- 该问卷解决了ME/CFS临床实践和研究中的关键需求.
- FUNCAP促进了改善患者ME/CFS的评估,诊断和管理.
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