Authors
Veerle Knoop, Emelyn Mathot, Francis Louter, David Beckwee, Christopher Mikton, Theresa Diaz, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan, Ivan Bautmans
Publication date
2023/10
Source
Age and Ageing
Volume
52
Issue
Supplement_4
Pages
iv26-iv43
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background
Vitality capacity (VC) is a key domain of intrinsic capacity (IC) and is the underlying biophysiological aspect of IC. Energy and metabolism (E&M) is one of the domains of VC. Fatigue is one of the main characteristics of E&M.
Objective
The aims of this umbrella review are (i) to identify the available instruments suitable for measuring fatigue in community-dwelling older adults and (ii) to critically review the measurement properties of the identified instruments.
Design
Umbrella review.
Setting
Healthcare.
Subjects
Community-dwelling older adults.
Methods
PubMed and Web of Knowledge were systematically screened for systematic reviews and meta-analysis reporting on fatigue instruments resulting in 2,263 articles (last search 5 December 2022). The COSMIN checklist was used to …
Total citations
20242
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