Adult Scales and User Guide

The Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale-Adult (VFS-A) is designed to assess listening-related fatigue in adults 18 years and older. There are two versions of the scales: 1) a 40-item scale typically used for research purposes and 2) a 10-item scale appropriate for clinical or research use. The scales are freely available for clinical and research use and can be downloaded below. For more information about administration and scoring of both the VFS-A-40 and VFS-A-10, please download and review the Adult Quick User Guide. For information about clinical interpretation of VFS-A-10 scores, please review the VFS-A-10 clinical interpretation guidelines.

Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale – Adult Quick User Guide

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Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale-10-Item Adult (VFS-A-10)

For clinical or research use

Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale-Adult 10-item Version (English)
VFS-A-10 Clinical Interpretation Guidelines (English)

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Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale-40-Item Adult (VFS-A-40)

Primarily for research use

Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale-Adult 40-item Version (English)

Translated Adult Scales

For detailed documentation of the translation process used to develop each translated scale, see the corresponding reconciliation report on the Translating the VFS page (Completed Scale Translation Collaborations block).

CHINESE/MANDARIN

VFS-A-10 Chinese version (If the web version does not appear clean, download the document and open it in Adobe Reader for optimal viewing.)
VFS-A-40 Chinese version (If the web version does not appear clean, download the document and open it in Adobe Reader for optimal viewing.)

CHINESE/TAIWANESE MANDARIN

VFS-A 10 & 40 Chinese/Taiwanese versions (If the web version does not appear clean, download the document and open it in Adobe Reader for optimal viewing.)

DUTCH