Self-reported fatigue: One dimension or more? Lessons from the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-fatigue (FACIT-F) questionnaire

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1441-1450

  Cella, David ^a   Lai, Jin Shei ^a   Stone, Arthur ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifactor model; FACIT F; Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Cooperative Group

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY FATIGUE QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80051592799     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0971-1     Document Type: Article

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