Measuring fatigue and other anemia-related symptoms with the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) measurement system

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-74

  Yellen, Suzanne B ^a   Cella, David F ^a   Webster, Kimberly ^a   Blendowski, Carol ^a   Kaplan, Edward ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; cancer; fatigue; measurement; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030898261     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(96)00274-6     Document Type: Article

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