Background:
\nThe DePaul Symptom Questionnaire (DSQ) was developed to provide a structured approach for collecting standardized symptomatology and health history information to allow researchers and clinicians to determine whether a patient meets the diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis\/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS), myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), and\/or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).<\/p>\n
Purpose:
\nThe purpose of this study was to examine the test-retest reliability of the DSQ.<\/p>\n
Methods:
\nTest-retest reliability of the measure was examined with a sample of
\n26 adults self-identifying as having either ME\/CFS, ME, and\/or CFS and
\n25 adults who did not self-identify as having these illnesses and were otherwise healthy controls.<\/p>\n
Results:
\nOverall, the majority of items on the DSQ exhibited good to excellent test-retest reliability, with Pearson’s or kappa correlation coefficients that were 0.70 or higher.<\/p>\n
Conclusions:
\nThus, the present study suggests that the DSQ is a reliable diagnostic measure that can provide a standardized way of examining illness constructs and symptomatology among patients who identify as having ME\/CFS, ME, and\/or CFS.<\/p>\n
Test-retest reliability of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire<\/a>, by Leonard A. Jason, Suzanna So, Abigail A. Brown, Madison Sunnquist & Meredyth Evans in<\/span> Biomedicine, Health & Behavior\u200b<\/em>,\u00a0Vol 3, issue 1, 08 Jan 2015<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0Research abstract Background: The DePaul Symptom Questionnaire (DSQ) was developed to provide a structured approach for collecting standardized symptomatology and health history information to allow researchers and clinicians to determine whether a patient meets the diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis\/chronic … Continue reading