Assessment of daily and weekly fatigue among African American cancer survivors

Rina M. Sobel-Fox; Anna Michelle M. McSorley; Scott C. Roesch; Vanessa L. Malcarne; Starlyn M. Hawes; Georgia Robins Sadler

doi:10.1080/07347332.2013.798760

Assessment of daily and weekly fatigue among African American cancer survivors

Rina M. Sobel-Fox, Anna Michelle M. McSorley, Scott C. Roesch, Vanessa L. Malcarne^*, Starlyn M. Hawes, Georgia Robins Sadler

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	413-429
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2013.798760
State	Published - Jul 1 2013

Keywords

African American
assessment
cancer survivorship
fatigue
multilevel random coefficient modeling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oncology
Applied Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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