Assessing cancer-related fatigue: The psychometric properties of the Revised Piper Fatigue Scale in Italian cancer inpatients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1191-1197

  Giacalone, Annalisa ^a   Polesel, Jerry ^a   Paoli, Angela De ^a   Colussi, Anna Maria ^a   Sartor, Ivana ^a   Talamini, Renato ^a   Tirelli, Umberto ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fatigue; Piper Fatigue Scale; Psychometric properties; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77956478910     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0741-0     Document Type: Article

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