PROMIS Fatigue

The PROMIS Fatigue short forms are standardized self-report instruments developed under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) PROMIS initiative to evaluate the full range of fatigue, from mild subjective tiredness to an overwhelming, sustained exhaustion that limits a person's capacity to carry out daily activities and function in family and social roles. Content divides into the experience of fatigue (frequency, duration, intensity) and its impact on physical, mental, and social activity.

Short forms of seven to thirteen items are drawn from a 95-item bank, carry a seven-day recall window, and are scored on a population-normed T-score metric centered at 50, where higher scores indicate greater fatigue. Forms are universal rather than disease-specific and exist in adult, pediatric self-report, and parent-proxy versions.

PROMIS Global Health-10 is officially listed in the HealthMeasures library as the PROMIS Short Form v1.2 - Fatigue 4a (additional lengths and versions exist 6a , 7a, 7b, 8a).

Learn More: Read our overview on PROMIS Measures for Clinicians.

Licensing Notes: PROMIS® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. PROMIS instruments are publicly available through HealthMeasures without licensing or royalty fees for individual clinical and educational use. However, integrating these tools into an electronic platform or EHR requires HealthMeasures Electronic Administration Permission (HEAP) to ensure digital formatting and scoring validity.