ArticlePharmacoEconomics - open2023
Content Validity and Psychometric Evaluation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) in Patients with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Upadacitinib (ABT-494) for Induction and Maintenance Therapy in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Induction Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Risankizumab in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Impact of mirikizumab treatment on fatigue in patients with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease: results from the phase 3 VIVID-1 study.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2025Trial
- Corticosteroid-sparing effects of risankizumab efficacy and safety in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2025Trial
- Psychometric evaluation of the Functional Assessment of chronic illness therapy-fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) in adults with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Impact of Upadacitinib Induction and Maintenance Therapy on Health-related Quality of Life, Fatigue, and Work Productivity in Patients with Moderately-to-severely Active Crohn's Disease.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2024Trial
- Fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease: Mechanisms, assessment, and management strategies.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2026Article
- Clinical Response and Improvement of the Quality of Life, Fatigue, Mood, and Sleep Disturbances During Vedolizumab Induction Therapy in Polish Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026Observational
- Patient and healthcare professional perspectives on fatigue assessment in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.JPGN reports · 2025Article
- Fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease: Prevalence, risk factors, assessment, outcomes, and management.World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology · 2025Review
- US and European Patient and Health Care Professional Perspectives on Fatigue in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease: Results From the Communicating Needs and Features of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Experiences Survey.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2025Article
- Management of Fatigue in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Narrative Review.International journal of general medicine · 2025Review
- Content Validity and Psychometric Evaluation of the Crohn's Symptom Severity (CSS) Questionnaire in Patients with Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease.Advances in therapy · 2024Article
- Qualitative and psychometric evaluation of the PROMIS®-Fatigue SF-7a scale to assess fatigue in patients with moderately to severely active inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2023Article
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11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) frequently experience fatigue, although it is often overlooked in medical research and practice.
aimsTo explore patients' experience of fatigue and evaluate content validity, psychometric properties, and score interpretability of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) in patients with CD or UC.
methodsConcept elicitation and cognitive interviews were conducted with participants aged ≥ 15 years with moderately-to-severely active CD (N = 30) or UC (N = 33). To evaluate psychometric properties (reliability and construct validity) and interpretation of FACIT-Fatigue scores, data from two clinical trials were analyzed [ADVANCE (CD): N = 850; U-ACHIEVE (UC): 248]. Meaningful within-person change was estimated using anchor-based methods.
resultsAlmost all interview participants reported experiencing fatigue. Over 30 unique fatigue-related impacts were reported per condition. The FACIT-Fatigue was interpretable for most patients. FACIT-Fatigue items had good internal consistency (Cronbach's α 0.86-0.88 for CD and 0.94-0.96 for UC); the total score displayed acceptable test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients > 0.60 for CD and > 0.90 for UC). FACIT-Fatigue scores had acceptable convergent validity with similar measures. A 7-10 point improvement for CD and 4-9 point improvement for UC on the FACIT-Fatigue total score may represent meaningful improvements.
conclusionsThese results highlight the importance of fatigue among adolescents and adults with CD or UC and provide evidence that the FACIT-Fatigue is content valid and produces reliable, valid, and interpretable scores in these populations. Care should be taken if using the questionnaire with adolescents who may be less familiar with the word "fatigue." Clinical trial registration numbers NCT03105128 (date of registration: 4 April 2017) and NCT02819635 (date of registration: 28 June 2016).
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