Developing a Scale for the Assessment of Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 7-12 for Children and Parents

Kudubeş, Aslı Akdeniz; Bektaş, Murat; Uğur, Özlem

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.23.10199

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“…In this method, the questions in the questionnaire are categorized and construct validity is confirmed largely. In this study, the results of the factor analysis showed that the cancer-related fatigue questionnaire is a multidimensional questionnaire; which is on line with the results of the Kudubes et al, study for the Turkish population (8). These dimensions included: Daily activities and general problems, sleep problems, mental states, and emotions.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…These dimensions included: Daily activities and general problems, sleep problems, mental states, and emotions. In addition, the questionnaire used in Kudubes et al, study has three dimensions that included: General problems, sleep problems, and treatment problems (8). However, the questionnaire used in Kudubes et al has 4 dimensions included: General problems, sleep problems, treatment problems, and cognitive problems (19).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a subjective experience (8). It is identified as the most prevalent symptom of cancer that significantly interferes with quality of life (9) and usually increases during treatment (10).…”

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Design, Validity and Reliability of the Cancer-Related Fatigue Questionnaire in Children with Cancer Aged 4 - 18 Years

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Background: Children and adolescents with cancer experience some complications such as pain, depression, and fatigue that impact the quality of life. Fatigue is one of the most common cancer treatment problems in most children with cancer. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to construct a comprehensive instrument to examine fatigue in patients with cancer (4-18 years). Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 101 children with cancer. A questionnaire was designed to examine fatigue in patients with cancer (4-18 years) using similar studies. The questionnaire reliability was determined using the Cronbach's alpha and test-retest method. Face validity of the questionnaire was assessed by professionals. To determine the construct validity, factor analysis was run. Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 16). Results: The mean age of the patients was 9.54 ± 3.97 years and the mean duration of the cancer 12.82 ± 2.66 months. Cronbach's alpha for whole scale and for all dimensions was 0.93 and more than 0.8 (excellent score). Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for whole scale and for all dimensions of questionnaire was 0.92 and more than 0.8, respectively. According to factor analysis method, three extracted dimensions of the questionnaire were: daily activities and general problems (11 items), sleep problems (9 items), as well as mental states and emotions (5 items). Conclusions: This study showed that validity and reliability of the cancer-related fatigue questionnaire for patients with cancer (4-18 years) are acceptable and suitable for Iranian culture.

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Design, Validity and Reliability of the Cancer-Related Fatigue Questionnaire in Children with Cancer Aged 4 - 18 Years

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“…This showed that the questionnaire has a high repeatability. This result is similar to a study conducted in the field of fatigue in Turkey (1).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Cancer is a serious health problem in developed and under-developed countries. Cancer incidence rate is increasing in children and adults in the global population (1). Cancer is the third cause of mortality in Iran after coronary heart disease and accidents (2).…”

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Iranian Version of Cancer-Related Fatigue Questionnaire: Construction and Validation

Fallahzadeh

Farzaneh

Momayyezi

2019

Zahedan J Res Med Sci

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Background:Patients with cancer experience various physical and psychological complications during treatment. Fatigue is a common and often disabling medical symptom in patients with cancer. Objectives: It is necessary to have a reliable and valid tool to examine cancer-related fatigue in adults with cancer. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 150 patients with cancer that had referred to Shahid Sadoughi Hospital (Yazd/Iran). Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire that was designed for fatigue assessment. The reliability was determined using the Cronbach's alpha and test-retest method. Factor analysis was used in SPSS/21 software to verify construct validity. Results: Face validity and content validity was confirmed through an expert panel. According to experts' suggestions, unnecessary items were removed and required changes were made in the questionnaire. According to the results of factor analysis, this questionnaire has three categories including: Daily activities and general problems (ten questions), sleep problems (nine questions), and mental states and emotions (five questions). Cronbach's alpha was more than 0.8 for all dimensions and was 0.93 for the entire scale. Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was in the range of 0.84 to 0.92; also, ICC was 0.92 for the total questionnaire and was close to one for all dimensions of the questionnaire. In addition, the total mean fatigue was 53.44 ± 16.61, considering the total score of 100. There was a significant difference between total mean fatigue and gender, job, economic status, and type of cancer. Conclusions: This study shows that cancer-related fatigue questionnaire can be used as a tool with validity and reliability at all research levels.

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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Developing a Scale for the Assessment of Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 7-12 for Children and Parents

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Design, Validity and Reliability of the Cancer-Related Fatigue Questionnaire in Children with Cancer Aged 4 - 18 Years

Design, Validity and Reliability of the Cancer-Related Fatigue Questionnaire in Children with Cancer Aged 4 - 18 Years

Iranian Version of Cancer-Related Fatigue Questionnaire: Construction and Validation

Pediatric Oncology Nursing Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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