Validation study of the Chinese version of the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI-C)

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 322-332

  Wang, Xin Shelley ^a,c   Hao, Xi Shan ^b   Wang, Ying ^b   Guo, Hong ^a   Jiang, Yong Qin ^b   Mendoza, Tito R ^a   Cleeland, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer related fatigue; Chinese; Factor analysis; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF FATIGUE INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 1642634611     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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