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Screening Properties of the Diagnostic Criteria for Cancer-Related Fatigue.

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    • المصدر:
      Publisher: S. Karger Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101627692 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2296-5262 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 22965270 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Oncol Res Treat Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: Basel : S. Karger, [2014]-
    • الموضوع:
      Fatigue/*diagnosis ; Fatigue/*etiology ; Mass Screening/*methods ; Neoplasms/*complications; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Germany ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasms/rehabilitation ; Psychometrics/methods ; Rehabilitation Centers ; Reproducibility of Results ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background: Within the theoretical framework of the ICD diagnostic criteria of cancer-related fatigue, we aim to investigate how those criteria can be used for screening purposes.
      Methods: Fatigue was assessed in a mixed sample of 1,225 cancer patients during their stay in a rehabilitation clinic using four different fatigue measures and the diagnostic criteria (Criterion A; DC-A). Psychometric evaluations (e.g., acceptance, reliability, validity, item analyses) were conducted for the sum score and for all items of the diagnostic criteria.
      Results: A total of 678 (57.1%) patients tested positive according to the DC-A. The sum score of the DC-A had good reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.87) and validity, corresponded closely with other fatigue scales, and, with less than 1% missing values, showed a high degree of patients' acceptance. The highest accuracy (approx. 0.80) and Youden indices (>0.55) were found for the items "Difficulties completing daily tasks" (A9), "Struggle to overcome inactivity" (A7), "Decreased motivation or interests" (A4), and "Unrefreshing sleep" (A6).
      Conclusion: The DC-A proved to be a well-accepted, easy to use, and reliable tool for measuring the severity of fatigue. In this paper, we make suggestions for the use of single items of the DC-A as a short and economical screening tool.
      (© 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Assessment; Cancer-related fatigue; Diagnosis; Psychometric properties
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20190724 Date Completed: 20200225 Latest Revision: 20200225
    • الموضوع:
      20231215
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1159/000501128
    • الرقم المعرف:
      31336371