Psychometric testing of three Chinese fatigue instruments in taiwan
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties (reliabilities and validities) and ease of use of three translated fatigue instruments: Chinese versions of the Cancer Fatigue Scale, the Fatigue Symptom Inventory (FSI), and the Schwartz Cancer Fatigue Scale-revised. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 243 cancer outpatients at a chemotherapy treatment center in Taiwan. The results indicated that the three scales had good internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas for three total scales > 0.80) and were brief (less than 6 minutes to complete), valid (confirmed by convergent, divergent, and discriminant validity), and feasible measures (completion rates > 97%) of fatigue for use with Taiwanese cancer patients. However, 27% of cancer patients reported that the FSI was difficult for them to complete. Differences in factorial validity between each original scale and its Chinese version indicate a need for further testing in Taiwan.
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The Chinese version of the FSI tested in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.92).
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- Authors
- Shun, S.-C., Beck, S. L., Pett, M. A., & Berry, P. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Utah (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shun, Shiow-Ching
- Venue
- Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-08
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 155-167
- ISSN
- 0885-3924 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1973080334
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 49
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- FWCI
- 0.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network
- Chang Gung Medical Foundation
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Keywords
- cancer-related fatigue, Chinese translation, psychometric properties, reliability statistics, validity, Cancer Fatigue Scale, cross-cultural adaptation, cancer outpatients, chemotherapy
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antineoplastic Agents, China, Fatigue, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity of Illness Index, Taiwan, Reproducibility of Results
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