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March 1, 1999Cancer1,757 citationsOpen Access

The rapid assessment of fatigue severity in cancer patients

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TMTito R. MendozaXWX. Shelley WangCCCharles S. Cleeland

Key Points

  • This study aims to evaluate the reliability of the BFI instrument for assessing fatigue in cancer patients.
  • Utilized the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) for evaluating fatigue levels.
  • Focused on identifying patients with severe fatigue.
  • Assessed cancer patients to determine fatigue severity accurately.
  • The BFI effectively identifies severe fatigue in cancer patients.
  • High reliability of BFI was confirmed.
  • Results indicate an efficient method for fatigue assessment.

Abstract

The BFI is a reliable instrument that allows for the rapid assessment of fatigue level in cancer patients and identifies those patients with severe fatigue.

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Mendoza et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6b28ae328128020aa803fhttps://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990301)85:5<1186::aid-cncr24>3.0.co;2-n
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