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Table 9 FACIT-F construct validity: PGIS-fatigue, overall CD symptom PGRS, BM count, abdominal pain NRS, and bowel urgency NRS

From: Experience and measurement of fatigue in adults with Crohn’s disease: results from qualitative interviews and a longitudinal 2-week daily diary pilot study

 

PGIS-Fatigue

Overall CD PGRS

BM count

Abdominal Pain NRS

Bowel Urgency NRS

Corr

N

p value

Corr

N

p value

Corr

N

p value

Corr

N

p value

Corr

N

p value

Day 1

− 0.81

76

< 0.0001

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Day 7

− 0.84

64

< 0.0001

− 0.58

64

< 0.0001

− 0.40

63

0.0011

− 0.66

64

< 0.0001

− 0.45

64

0.0002

Day 14

− 0.82

66

< 0.0001

− 0.46

66

0.0001

− 0.38

65

0.0017

− 0.51

66

< 0.0001

− 0.53

66

< 0.0001

  1. CD, Crohn’s disease; Corr, correlation; FACIT-F, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Fatigue; NA, not available; NRS, numeric rating scale; PGIS, Patient Global Impression of Severity; PGRS, Patient Global Rating of Severity