Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue scale.
FACIT-Fatigue
Fatigue and its impact on daily functioning over the past 7 days (tiredness, weakness, energy, ability to do usual activities)
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- 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
- 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.
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