Development and psychometric testing of a Chinese version of the Fatigue Scale-Children in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1201-1210

  Chiang, Yi Chien ^a   Hinds, Pamela S ^b   Yeh, Chao Hsing ^c   Yang, Chao Ping ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Fatigue; Instrument development; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 42349089556     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02138.x     Document Type: Article

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