The Revised Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS-R) for Italian cancer patients: A validation study

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Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-281

  Annunziata, Maria Antonietta ^a   Muzzatti, Barbara ^a   Mella, Sara ^a   Narciso, Daniela ^a   Giacalone, Annalisa ^a   Fratino, Lucia ^a   Tirelli, Umberto ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fatigue; Oncology; Self report assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMOTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PIPER FATIGUE SCALE REVISED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 77952902439     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161009600215     Document Type: Article

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