French Translation and Validation of the Rating-of-Fatigue Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Rating of Fatigue (ROF) scale can measure changes in perceived fatigue in a variety of contexts.

Objective

The aim of the present study was to translate and subsequently validate the ROF scale in the French language.

Methods

The study was composed of three phases. Phase 1 involved a comprehensive translation, back-translation, and consolidation process in order to produce the French ROF scale. During phase 2, the face validity of the French ROF scale was assessed. A cohort of 60 native French speaking participants responded to a range of Likert scale items which probed the purposes of the ROF scale and what it is intended to measure. During phase 3, the convergent and divergent validity of the ROF scale was assessed during ramped cycling to exhaustion a

SUBMITTER: Brownstein CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8026791 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature