Validation of the Korean Version of Schedule of Fatigue and Anergia: General Physician Questionnaire.
10.3346/jkms.2016.31.2.159
- Author:
Sarah KIM
1
;
Woo Kyung BAE
;
Ju Young KIM
;
Mijee JANG
;
Jeong Hyun KIM
;
Hyun Hee NOH
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Fatigue;
Anergia;
Korean;
Primary Health Care;
Validation;
Scale
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aged;
Fatigue/metabolism/*pathology;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Pilot Projects;
Practice Guidelines as Topic/*standards;
Republic of Korea;
Severity of Illness Index;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Translating;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2016;31(2):159-163
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The Schedule of Fatigue and Anergy/General Physician (SOFA/GP) was developed to screen for prolonged fatigue in the primary care setting. We aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the SOFA/GP (SOFA/GP-K), which is adapted from the original English version. We performed translation and back translation, and after conducting a pilot study, we tested the final version of the questionnaire for its reliability and validity in a Korean primary care setting. Two hundred participants that visited a health examination center in a university hospital completed the survey between September and November 2012. A second survey was performed within 2 weeks of the primary survey to test for reliability. We evaluated concurrent validity between the SOFA/GP-K score, the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), and Brief Fatigue Index (BFI) scores. The Spearman correlation coefficient between SOFA/GP-K and FSS was 0.71 and 0.61 between SOFA/GP-K and BFI. Internal consistency of SOFA/GP-K was observed (Cronbach's alpha = 0.82) and construct validity was confirmed by factor analysis. The Kappa scores for test-retest reliability for each survey item were between 0.28 and 0.64. The SOFA/GP-K is a valid and reliable questionnaire for screening fatigue in a primary care setting.
