Psychometric evaluation of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire-Short Form (DSQ-SF) among adults with Long Covid, ME/CFS, and healthy controls
A machine learning approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5116267 |
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| Authors | William J Mcgarrigle (0000-0001-5938-6815, University of Kentucky), Jacob Furst (DePaul University), Leonard A Jason (0000-0002-9972-4425, DePaul University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1241-1252 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13591053231223882 |
| PMID | 38282368 |
| OpenAlex | W4391319836 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
Long COVID shares a number of clinical features with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), including post-exertional malaise, severe fatigue, and neurocognitive deficits. Utilizing validated assessment tools that accurately and efficiently screen for these conditions can facilitate diagnostic and treatment efforts, thereby improving patient outcomes. In this study, we generated a series of random forest machine learning algorithms to evaluate the psychometric properties of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire-Short Form (DSQ-SF) in classifying large groups of adults with Long COVID, ME/CFS (without Long COVID), and healthy controls. We demonstrated that the DSQ-SF can accurately classify these populations with high degrees of sensitivity and specificity. In turn, we identified the particular DSQ-SF symptom items that best distinguish Long COVID from ME/CFS, as well as those that differentiate these illness groups from healthy controls
Chronic fatigue syndrome · Cognition · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Neurocognitive · Psychiatry · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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