PMID- 30304169
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190108
LR  - 20190108
IS  - 1984-0446 (Electronic)
IS  - 0034-7167 (Linking)
VI  - 71
IP  - 5
DP  - 2018 Sep-Oct
TI  - Comparison of tools for assessing fatigue in patients with heart failure.
PG  - 2404-2410
LID - S0034-71672018000502404 [pii]
LID - 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0083 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To compare the distributions of measurements of the Dutch Fatigue 
      Scale (DUFS), Dutch Exertion Fatigue Scale (DEFS), and Fatigue Pictogram tools, 
      according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification and 
      left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). METHOD: Methodological, 
      cross-sectional study with 118 patients with heart failure. Variance analysis, 
      Pearson's correlation, and Fisher's exact tests were carried out, with a 
      significance level of 0.05. RESULTS: There was an increase in the DUFS and DEFS 
      means with worsening of the NYHA-FC (p<0.001, for both tools). Correlations among 
      the LVEF resulted in positive and weak magnitude for the DEFS (r=0.18; p=0.05) 
      and for the DUFS (r=0.16; p=0.08). Just the item A on the Fatigue Pictogram had 
      an association with the NYHA-FC (p<0.001) and the LVEF (p=0.03). CONCLUSION: 
      Three tools detected worsening in fatigue levels according to the illness 
      severity assessed by the NYHA-FC.
FAU - Nepomuceno, Eliane
AU  - Nepomuceno E
AD  - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirao Preto, Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Silva, Luma Nascimento
AU  - Silva LN
AD  - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirao Preto, Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Cunha, Debora Cristine Previde da
AU  - Cunha DCPD
AD  - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirao Preto, Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Furuya, Rejane Kiomi
AU  - Furuya RK
AD  - Instituto Federal do Parana. Londrina, Parana, Brazil.
FAU - Simoes, Marcus Vinicius
AU  - Simoes MV
AD  - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto. Ribeirao Preto, Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Dantas, Rosana Aparecida Spadoti
AU  - Dantas RAS
AD  - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirao Preto, Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil.
LA  - eng
LA  - por
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Rev Bras Enferm
JT  - Revista brasileira de enfermagem
JID - 7910105
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Fatigue/*classification/diagnosis
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/*complications
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Software/*standards
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2018/10/12 06:00
MHDA- 2019/01/09 06:00
CRDT- 2018/10/11 06:00
PHST- 2017/03/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/08/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/10/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/10/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/01/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0034-71672018000502404 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0083 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Bras Enferm. 2018 Sep-Oct;71(5):2404-2410. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0083.