Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 572-578 , March 2010

Psychometric and Clinical Assessment of the 10-Item Reduced Version of the Fatigue Scale—Child Instrument

  • Pamela S. Hinds, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Research, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Pamela S. Hinds, PhD, RN, FAAN, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
    • ,
  • Jie Yang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • ,
  • Jami S. Gattuso, MSN, RN, CPON

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Research, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    • ,
  • Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, RN, PNP, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • The Center for Research and Evidence-Based Practice, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
    • ,
  • Heather Jones, MN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Hematology/Oncology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Sue Zupanec, MN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Hematology/Oncology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Chenghong Li, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • ,
  • Valerie McLaughlin Crabtree, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Behavioral Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • ,
  • Belinda N. Mandrell, PhD, RN, FNP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Research, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    • ,
  • Robert A. Schoumacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • LeBonheuer Children's Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • ,
  • Kelly Vallance, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • ,
  • Stacy Sanford, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • ,
  • Deo Kumar Srivastava, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

,Accepted 31 July 2009.

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 This study was supported in part by Cancer Center Support CA 21765 from the National Cancer Institute; grant R01NR007610 from the National Institute of Nursing Research; a FIRE grant from the Oncology Nurses Foundation; and the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC). Fatigue Initiative Through Research & Education (FIRE).

PII: S0885-3924(10)00099-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.015

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 572-578 , March 2010

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