The psychometric properties of the Swedish Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory MFI-20 in four different populations

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-104

  Hagelin, Carina Lundh ^a,b   Wengström, Yvonne ^b   Runesdotter, Sara ^a   Fürst, Carl Johan ^a,b  

^a Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY 20; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33847015246     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860601009430     Document Type: Article

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