Journal article
Validity of a Short Functioning Test (FAST) in Brazilian Outpatients with Bipolar Disorder
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: As the use of functioning outcomes is increasingly being advocated in multinational clinical trials and comparative studies, making available instruments with known validity and reliability in several languages is required. Here we present data on the Portuguese validation of the Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST), which was explicitly designed to gauge functioning dimensions empirically linked to bipolar disorder.
METHODS: …
Authors
Cacilhas AA; da Silva Magalhães PV; Ceresér KM; Walz JC; Weyne F; Rosa AR; Vieta E; Kapczinski F
Journal
Value in Health, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 624–627
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
6 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00481.x
ISSN
1098-3015