Psychometric and structural properties of the Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale: a 1,072-patient study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Exhaustion disorder is a stress-related diagnosis that was introduced in 2005 to the Swedish version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10^th edition (ICD-10). The Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale (KEDS) was developed to assess exhaustion disorder symptomatology. While the KEDS is intended to reflect a single construct and be used based on its total score, the instrument's characteristics have received limited attention. This study investigated the KEDS's psychometric and structural properties in a large clinical sample.

Methods

The study relied on data from 1,072 patients diagnosed with exhaustion disorder that were included in two clinical trials in Sweden. We investigated the dimensionality, hom

SUBMITTER: Lindsater E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10475192 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature