Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the fatigue scale-adolescent

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

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

^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

Adolescents; Cancer; Fatigue; Instrument development; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER STAGING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 43249104649     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305732.03464.29     Document Type: Article

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