Development and Validation of the Cancer Fatigue Scale: A Brief, Three-Dimensional, Self-Rating Scale for Assessment of Fatigue in Cancer Patients

• Published in: Journal of pain and symptom management Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 5 - 14
• Main Authors: Okuyama, Toru, Akechi, Tatsuo, Kugaya, Akira, Okamura, Hitoshi, Shima, Yasuo, Maruguchi, Misae, Hosaka, Takashi, Uchitomi, Yosuke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2000; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; assessment; Biological and medical sciences; Cancer; Evaluation Studies as Topic; fatigue; Fatigue - etiology; Fatigue - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous. Technology; Neoplasms - complications; Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques; scale; Severity of Illness Index; Surveys and Questionnaires; symptom management; validation; assessment; symptom management; scale; fatigue; validation; Cancer; Human; Fatigue; Malignant tumor; Evaluation scale

We herein describe the development and validation of the Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS) for assessment of fatigue in cancer patients. We designed this scale specifically to reflect the nature of fatigue experienced by cancer patients, by using factor analysis; the CFS is a 15-item scale composed of 3 su...