Use of the Fatigue Severity Scale to assess clinically reliable temporal changes in post-stroke fatigue by stroke type and subtype

Abstract

A recent consensus statement on post-stroke fatigue noted the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) should be the primary outcome measure in post-stroke fatigue research. It also noted that data to calculate clinically reliable changes on the FSS have not been established for stroke. We present FSS data collected at 1 and 12 months post stroke, allowing the assessment of clinically reliable change by stroke type and subtype for ischaemic stroke (IS).