DePaul Symptom Questionnaire

The  DePaul Symptom Questionnaire or DSQ is a self-report assessment created by Leonard Jason and the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Project at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was developed in 2010 as a standard questionnaire to consistently assess the principle symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome when diagnosing.

Questions in three subscales are utlized in the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire: neuroendocrine, autonomic, and immune symptoms; neurological/cognitive dysfunction; and post-exertional malaise.

When tested against the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory-20 and the RAND SF-36 Health Survey, the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire showed more reliability in consistently assessing for ME/CFS symptoms (as defined by the Fukuda criteria and/or the Canadian Consensus Criteria). The post-exertional malaise subscale was able to optimally differentiate being patients with ME/CFS and controls.

Studies

 * 2014, Validating a measure of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome symptomatology (Full Text)
 * 2015, Factor Analysis of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire: Identifying Core Domains (Full Text)
 * 2015, Test–retest reliability of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire (Full Text)
 * 2016, The utility of patient-reported outcome measures among patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (Full Text)
 * 2016, Comparing the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire with physician assessments: a preliminary study (Abstract - Full Text upon request)

Learn more

 * DePaul Symptom Questionnaire
 * WAMES: List of studies using the DePaul sympton questionnaire
 * NINDS CDE Notice of Copyright: DePaul Symptom Questionnaire (DSQ)