Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue scale.

FACIT-Fatigue

What it measures

Fatigue and its impact on daily functioning over the past 7 days (tiredness, weakness, energy, ability to do usual activities)

Length and format

13 items. 5-point Likert (0 not at all to 4 very much); total 0-52 (higher = less fatigue) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

45+ languages via the FACIT translation methodology

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Yellen, S. B., Cella, D. F., Webster, K., Blendowski, C., & Kaplan, E. (1997). Measuring fatigue and other anemia-related symptoms with the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) measurement system. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 13(2), 63-74.