Title of article :
Measurement of fatigue in cancer, stroke, and HIV using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy — Fatigue (FACIT-F) scale
Author/Authors :
Butt، نويسنده , , Zeeshan and Lai، نويسنده , , Jin-shei and Rao، نويسنده , , Deepa and Heinemann، نويسنده , , Allen W. and Bill، نويسنده , , Alex and Cella، نويسنده , , David، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2013
Pages :
5
From page :
64
To page :
68
Abstract :
Objective the importance of fatigue in cancer, stroke and HIV, we sought to assess the measurement properties of a single, well-described fatigue scale in these populations. We hypothesized that the psychometric properties of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy — Fatigue (FACIT-F) subscale would be favorable and that the scale could serve as a useful indicator of fatigue in these populations. s ts were eligible for the study if they were outpatients, aged 18 or older, with a diagnosis of cancer (n = 297), stroke (n = 51), or HIV/AIDS (n = 51). All participants were able to understand and speak English. Patients answered study-related questions, including the FACIT-F using a touch-screen laptop, assisted by the research assistant as necessary. Clinical information was abstracted from patientsʹ medical records. s evel statistics on the FACIT-F were similar across the groups and internal consistency reliability was uniformly high (α > 0.91). Correlations with performance status ratings were statistically significant across the groups (range r = − 0.28 to − 0.80). Fatigue scores were moderately to highly correlated with general quality of life (range r = 0.66–0.80) in patients with cancer, stroke, and HIV. Divergent validity was supported in low correlations with variables not expected to correlate with fatigue. sions ally developed to assess cancer-related fatigue, the FACIT-F has utility as a measure of fatigue in other populations, such as stroke and HIV. Ongoing research will soon allow for comparison of FACIT-F scores to those obtained using the fatigue measures from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®; www.nihpromis.org) initiative.
Keywords :
Fatigue , assessment , psychometrics , CANCER , Stroke , HIV
Journal title :
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Serial Year :
2013
Journal title :
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Record number :
1744086
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