Determining the minimal clinically important difference criteria for the multidimensional fatigue inventory in a radiotherapy population

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-315

  Purcell, Amanda ^a,b   Fleming, Jennifer ^a,b   Bennett, Sally ^a   Burmeister, Bryan ^b   Haines, Terry ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Kingston Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anchor based methods; Cancer related fatigue; Distribution based methods; Minimal clinically important difference; Multidimensional fatigue inventory; Utility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 77949262380     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0653-z     Document Type: Article

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