Journal article
The Comparability of Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue Scores between Cancer and Systemic Sclerosis
Abstract
Purpose The functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-fatigue (FACIT-F) is commonly used to assess fatigue across diseases. The degree to which the FACIT-F demonstrates measurement equivalence across disease groups, however, is not known. The purpose of this study was to assess differential item functioning (DIF) of FACIT-F items between patients with cancer and systemic sclerosis (SSc or scleroderma). Methods Secondary analysis of …
Authors
Coroiu A; Kwakkenbos L; Levis B; Hudson M; Baron M; Cella D; Thombs BD
Journal
Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 57–63
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
January 2017
DOI
10.5301/jsrd.5000227
ISSN
2397-1983