The Piper Fatigue Scale-12 (PFS-12): Psychometric findings and item reduction in a cohort of breast cancer survivors

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-20

  Reeve, Bryce B ^a,b   Stover, Angela M ^a,b   Alfano, Catherine M ^c   Smith, Ashley Wilder ^c   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^c   Bernstein, Leslie ^d   McTiernan, Anne ^e   Baumgartner, Kathy B ^f   Piper, Barbara F ^g  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivors; Fatigue; Patient reported outcomes; Piper Fatigue Scale; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PIPER FATIGUE SCALE 12; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; VALIDITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84867840360     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2212-4     Document Type: Review

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