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Psychometric and clinical assessment of the 10-item reduced version of the Fatigue Scale-Child instrument.

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Hinds, PS; Yang, J; Gattuso, JS; Hockenberry, M; Jones, H; Zupanec, S; Li, C; Crabtree, VM; Mandrell, BN; Schoumacher, RA; Vallance, K ...
Published in: Journal of pain and symptom management
March 2010

Fatigue is one of the most debilitating conditions associated with cancer and anticancer therapy. The lack of reliable and valid self-report instruments has prevented accurate assessment of fatigue in pediatric oncology patients. The purpose of this study was to identify the most sensitive and specific score, that is, the "cut score," on the Fatigue Scale-Child (FS-C) to identify those children with high cancer-related fatigue in need of clinical intervention. We first used Rasch methods to identify the items on the FS-C that distinguished children with high cancer-related fatigue from other children; our findings indicated that the FS-C needed to be reduced from 14 items to 10 items. We then assessed the 10-item FS-C for its psychometric properties and applied the receiver operating characteristics curve analysis to the FS-C responses from 221 children (aged 7-12 years) receiving anticancer treatment. The cut score identified with 75% sensitivity and 73.5% specificity was 12; 73 (33%) patients scored 12 or higher. Findings from this validated instrument provide a needed guide for clinicians to interpret fatigue scores and provide clinical interventions for this debilitating condition to their pediatric patients with cancer.

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Journal of pain and symptom management

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EISSN

1873-6513

ISSN

0885-3924

Publication Date

March 2010

Volume

39

Issue

3

Start / End Page

572 / 578

Related Subject Headings

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  • ROC Curve
  • Quality of Life
  • Psychometrics
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  • Parents
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Fatigue
 

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Hinds, P. S., Yang, J., Gattuso, J. S., Hockenberry, M., Jones, H., Zupanec, S., … Srivastava, D. K. (2010). Psychometric and clinical assessment of the 10-item reduced version of the Fatigue Scale-Child instrument. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 39(3), 572–578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.015
Hinds, Pamela S., Jie Yang, Jami S. Gattuso, Marilyn Hockenberry, Heather Jones, Sue Zupanec, Chenghong Li, et al. “Psychometric and clinical assessment of the 10-item reduced version of the Fatigue Scale-Child instrument.Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 39, no. 3 (March 2010): 572–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.015.
Hinds PS, Yang J, Gattuso JS, Hockenberry M, Jones H, Zupanec S, et al. Psychometric and clinical assessment of the 10-item reduced version of the Fatigue Scale-Child instrument. Journal of pain and symptom management. 2010 Mar;39(3):572–8.
Hinds, Pamela S., et al. “Psychometric and clinical assessment of the 10-item reduced version of the Fatigue Scale-Child instrument.Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, vol. 39, no. 3, Mar. 2010, pp. 572–78. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.015.
Hinds PS, Yang J, Gattuso JS, Hockenberry M, Jones H, Zupanec S, Li C, Crabtree VM, Mandrell BN, Schoumacher RA, Vallance K, Sanford S, Srivastava DK. Psychometric and clinical assessment of the 10-item reduced version of the Fatigue Scale-Child instrument. Journal of pain and symptom management. 2010 Mar;39(3):572–578.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of pain and symptom management

DOI

EISSN

1873-6513

ISSN

0885-3924

Publication Date

March 2010

Volume

39

Issue

3

Start / End Page

572 / 578

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep
  • ROC Curve
  • Quality of Life
  • Psychometrics
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
  • Parents
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Fatigue