Assessing fatigue in adults with axial spondyloarthritis: a systematic review of the quality and acceptability of patient-reported outcome measures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim was to evaluate the quality and acceptability of patient-reported outcome measures used to assess fatigue in patients with axial spondyloarthritis.

Methods

A two-stage systematic review of major electronic databases (1980-2017) was carried out to: (i) identify measures; and (ii) identify evaluative studies. Study and measurement quality were evaluated following international standards. Measurement content was appraised against a conceptual model of RA-fatigue.

Results

From 387 reviewed abstracts, 23 articles provided evidence for nine fatigue-specific measures: 6 multi-item and 3 single-item. No axial spondyloarthritis-fatigue-specific measure was identified. Evidence of reliability was limited, but acceptable for the Multi-dimensional Fatigue Invent

SUBMITTER: Pearson NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649921 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature