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SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2015

Systematic review of the multidimensional fatigue symptom inventory-short form.

Kristine A Donovan, Kevin D Stein, Morgan Lee, Corinne R Leach, Onaedo Ilozumba, Paul B Jacobsen

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Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. The Effects of Tai Chi on Cardiovascular Risk in Women.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2016
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  15. Cancer-related fatigue among patients with advanced cancer receiving immune-checkpoint inhibitors: a prospective study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kristine A DonovanHealth Outcomes and Behavior Program, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, MRC-SCM, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA, kristine.donovan@moffitt.org.
Kevin D Stein
Morgan Lee
Corinne R Leach
Onaedo Ilozumba
Paul B Jacobsen
Emory University · USMoffitt Cancer Center · USAmerican Cancer Society · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeFatigue is a subjective complaint that is believed to be multifactorial in its etiology and multidimensional in its expression. Fatigue may be experienced by individuals in different dimensions as physical, mental, and emotional tiredness. The purposes of this study were to review and characterize the use of the 30-item Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF) in published studies and to evaluate the available evidence for its psychometric properties.

methodsA systematic review was conducted to identify published articles reporting results for the MFSI-SF. Data were analyzed to characterize internal consistency reliability of multi-item MFSI-SF scales and test-retest reliability. Correlation coefficients were summarized to characterize concurrent, convergent, and divergent validity. Standardized effect sizes were calculated to characterize the discriminative validity of the MFSI-SF and its sensitivity to change.

resultsSeventy articles were identified. Sample sizes reported ranged from 10 to 529 and nearly half consisted exclusively of females. More than half the samples were composed of cancer patients; of those, 59% were breast cancer patients. Mean alpha coefficients for MFSI-SF fatigue subscales ranged from 0.84 for physical fatigue to 0.93 for general fatigue. The MFSI-SF demonstrated moderate test-retest reliability in a small number of studies. Correlations with other fatigue and vitality measures were moderate to large in size and in the expected direction. The MFSI-SF fatigue subscales were positively correlated with measures of distress, depressive, and anxious symptoms. Effect sizes for discriminative validity ranged from medium to large, while effect sizes for sensitivity to change ranged from small to large.

conclusionsFindings demonstrate the positive psychometric properties of the MFSI-SF, provide evidence for its usefulness in medically ill and nonmedically ill individuals, and support its use in future studies.

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AdultAgedFatigueFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesSyndromeYoung Adult

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