Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the Turkish version of the Cancer Fatigue Scale in patients with breast cancer

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ŞAHİN S., HURİ M., ARAN O. T., UYANIK M.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.48, sa.1, ss.124-130, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 48 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-1707-125
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.124-130
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Breast cancer, fatigue, reliability, validity, Turkish, VALIDATION, SURVIVORS, QLQ-C30
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background/aim: The Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS) was developed to evaluate the severity of fatigue in patients with breast cancer. The aim of this study is to translate and culturally adapt a Turkish version and investigate the validity and reliability of the CFS in Turkish patients with fatigue symptoms.