Reliability and validity of a Chinese version of the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF-C)

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 2224-2232

  Pien, Li Chung ^a   Chu, Hsin ^b   Chen, Wen Chun ^b   Chang, Yu Shiun ^a   Liao, Yuan Mei ^a   Chen, Chiung Hua ^c   Chou, Kuei Ru ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; China; Fatigue; Instrument development; Nurses; Nursing; Taiwan; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 80955179978     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03691.x     Document Type: Article

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