Arthur Hartz

Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD, practices Epidemiology and Observation Medicine. He is an Professor Emeritus and former research director for the Department of Family Medicine at the Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. One of his research interests is fatigue.

Awards

 * 2002, Quality in Family Medicine Professorship, at the College of Medicine, University of Iowa.

Iowa Fatigue Scale
The Iowa Fatigue Scale (IFS) is a eleven question patient survey used to measure fatigue severity in primary care settings. It was developed by in 2003 by Arthur Hartz, Suzanne E. Bentler, and David Watson at the University of Iowa.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee
Dr. Hartz served as a voting member of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee from 04/01/07 to 04/01/11.

Notable studies

 * 1998, Characteristics of Fatigued Persons Associated with Features of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)
 * 1999, Prognostic Factors for Persons With Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue (Full Text)
 * 2003, Measuring fatigue severity in primary care patients
 * 2005, Prospective observational study of treatments for unexplained chronic fatigue (Abstract)

Online presence

 * PubMed
 * ResearchGate
 * University of Iowa listing of Arthur Hartz