TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of daily and weekly fatigue among African American cancer survivors
AU - Sobel-Fox, Rina M.
AU - McSorley, Anna Michelle M.
AU - Roesch, Scott C.
AU - Malcarne, Vanessa L.
AU - Hawes, Starlyn M.
AU - Sadler, Georgia Robins
PY - 2013/7/1
Y1 - 2013/7/1
N2 - This investigation evaluates two common measures of cancer-related fatigue, one multidimensional/retrospective and one unidimensional/same day. Fifty-two African American survivors of diverse cancers completed fatigue visual analogue scales once daily, and the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF) once weekly, for four weeks. Zero-order correlations showed retrospective fatigue was significantly related to average, peak, and most recent same-day fatigue. Multilevel random coefficient modeling showed unidimensional fatigue shared the most variance with the MFSI-SF's General subscale for three weeks, and with the Vigor subscale for one week. Researchers and clinicians may wish to prioritize multidimensional measures when assessing cancer-related fatigue, if appropriate.
AB - This investigation evaluates two common measures of cancer-related fatigue, one multidimensional/retrospective and one unidimensional/same day. Fifty-two African American survivors of diverse cancers completed fatigue visual analogue scales once daily, and the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF) once weekly, for four weeks. Zero-order correlations showed retrospective fatigue was significantly related to average, peak, and most recent same-day fatigue. Multilevel random coefficient modeling showed unidimensional fatigue shared the most variance with the MFSI-SF's General subscale for three weeks, and with the Vigor subscale for one week. Researchers and clinicians may wish to prioritize multidimensional measures when assessing cancer-related fatigue, if appropriate.
KW - African American
KW - assessment
KW - cancer survivorship
KW - fatigue
KW - multilevel random coefficient modeling
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U2 - 10.1080/07347332.2013.798760
DO - 10.1080/07347332.2013.798760
M3 - Article
C2 - 23844922
AN - SCOPUS:84880300761
VL - 31
SP - 413
EP - 429
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
SN - 0734-7332
IS - 4
ER -