Psychometric and Clinical Assessment of the 10-Item Reduced Version of the Fatigue Scale-Child Instrument

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 572-578

  Hinds, Pamela S ^a,b   Yang, Jie ^c   Gattuso, Jami S ^a,b   Hockenberry, Marilyn ^d   Jones, Heather ^e   Zupanec, Sue ^e   Li, Chenghong ^c   McLaughlin Crabtree, Valerie ^c   Mandrell, Belinda N ^a,b   Schoumacher, Robert A ^f,g   Vallance, Kelly ^c   Sanford, Stacy ^h   Srivastava, Deo Kumar ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g LeBonheuer Children's Medical Center   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fatigue; oncology; patient reported outcome; Pediatric; Rasch; ROC

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY SLEEP DIARY PARENT; FATIGUE SCALE CHILD; FATIGUE SCALE PARENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROC CURVE; SLEEP;

EID: 77949469082     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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