Clinical trial NCT03969667: Turkish Version of the Chalder Fatigue Scale: An Investigation of Its Psychometric Properties in Healthy Young Adults
Official title: Turkish Version of the Chalder Fatigue Scale: An Investigation of Its Psychometric Properties in Healthy Young Adults
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Fatigue
Healthy
Keywords: fatigue
assessment
reliability
validity
Chalder Fatigue Scale
Turkish version
healthy young adults
Lead sponsor: Hacettepe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-05-31
Enrollment: 353
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Community sample: The sample of the study consisted of healthy young adults, who could be announced / informed about the study and volunteered to participate in the study.

Brief summary: The aim of this study was to adapt the Chalder Fatigue Scale to Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties in young adults. Within the scope of the study, firstly the Turkish version of the scale will be developed and then its reliability and validity will be examined in healthy young adults in Turkey.

Detailed description: Fatigue is a subjective experience that can affect all individuals. It is a protective symptom against physical or psychological stress for healthy individuals. However, it can negatively affect the performance of individuals in activities of daily living. In the clinic, fatigue is assessed by self-reported scales. Different fatigue scales have some advantages and disadvantages compared to each other. Moreover, it is stated that only one scale cannot fully measure the fatigue of individuals in different health status, therefore different scales have been developed.Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFS) is an easy-to-understand, short, fast and useful fatigue scale that evaluates fatigue with two dimensions (physical and mental) and enable individuals to express perceived fatigue clearly. Psychometric properties of CFS have been investigated in general population and different disease groups but not in only healthy young adults.

Eligibility criteria: The inclusion criteria for participants are: to be aged between 20 and 40 years old, volunteer to participate the study, able to read and speak Turkish.

Exclusion criteria are determined as individuals with known acute or chronic health conditions and illnesses and who had surgery in the past 6 months.

Further exclusion criteria are to take over-the-counter medication or food supplement, have abnormal body mass index (BMI) (lower 17 kg/m2 or higher 30 kg/m2), self reported depression as indicated by a score of \> 21 on the Beck Depression Scale (BDS), pain as indicated by a score of \> 0 on pain subscale of Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). Additionally, female participants were excluded if they use oral contraceptives, experience premenstrual syndrome or were pregnant within the last one year period.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Turkish Version of the Chalder Fatigue Scale
timeFrame: About 2-3 minutes
measure: The Turkish Version of the Checklist Individual Strength Fatigue Scale
timeFrame: About 3-4 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analog Scale to Evaluate Physical and Mental Fatigue
timeFrame: About 1 minutes
measure: The Turkish Version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
timeFrame: About 2-3 minutes
measure: The Turkish Version of the Beck Depression Inventory
timeFrame: About 4-5 minutes
measure: The Turkish Version of the Nottingham Health Profile
timeFrame: About 4-5 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
state: Altındag
Study officials:
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: Cigdem Ayhan, Assoc. Prof.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: Ridvan M Adin, R. A.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: Ali N Ceren, R. A.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: Ayla Fil Balkan, Asst. Prof.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: Yeliz Salci, Asst. Prof.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: Kadriye Armutlu, Prof.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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