| Name of the Instrument/Tool | Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (FACIT-F) |
| First Description |
Yellen SB, Cella DF, Webster K, Blendowski C, Kaplan E. Measuring fatigue and other anemia-related symptoms with the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) measurement system. Journal of pain and symptom management. 1997;13(2):63-74. |
| Year | 1997 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Fatigue |
| Population/Disease | Generic |
| Originally developed for | --- |
| Other rheumatic diseases where can be applied (only if validated) |
Osteoarthritis (OA), Plaque psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) |
| Additional population with no rheumatic diseases |
Yes general population |
| Language: Originally published in | English |
| Available in Language | Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Vietnamese |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Yellen SB, Cella DF, Webster K, Blendowski C, Kaplan E |
| Title | Measuring fatigue and other anemia-related symptoms with the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) Measurement System |
| Journal | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management |
| Year | 1997 |
| Vol | 13 |
| Num | 2 |
| Pages | 63-74 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Other references of interest | |
| Link | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15868614 |
| Brief Description |
Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue Scale relative to other instrumentation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. |
| Link | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17324972 |
| Brief Description |
Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Scale is valid in patients with psoriatic arthritis. |
| Link | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18359189 |
| Brief Description |
Determination of the minimal clinically important difference for seven fatigue measures in rheumatoid arthritis. |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| Link | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24878068 |
| Brief Description |
Psychometric properties of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) in Chinese patients receiving maintenance dialysis. |
| Link | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24291293 |
| Brief Description |
Psychometric assessment of the MSAS-SF and the FACIT-Fatigue Scale in Spanish-speaking patients with cancer in Uruguay. |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | David Cella |
| information@facit.org | |
| Address | Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 625 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2700, Chicago, IL 60611, USA |
| Website | http://www.facit.org/ |
| Available | A fee is payable for non-English versions used in commercial studies. More information can be found on the website or by contacting the developer. |
| Links | --- |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Composite Index, Questionnaire, Scale |
| Brief Description |
The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) questionnaire was originally developed to assess the fatigue associated with anemia. This questionnaire is part of the FACIT measurement system, a comprehensive compilation of questions that measure health related QOL in patients with cancer and other chronic illnesses. The current version of FACIT-F is number 4. It assesses self-reported fatigue and its impact upon daily activities and function and covers physical fatigue, functional fatigue, emotional fatigue, and social consequences of fatigue. |
| Number of Items | 13 |
| Range | 0-52 |
| Responses options/scale |
Yes It uses a 5-point Likert-type scale (0 = not at all; 1 = a little bit; 2 = somewhat; 3 = quite a bit; 4 = very much) |
| Developed for | Research |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score |
Items are scored 0–4, with 2 positively phrased items reverse scored. Items are summed, multiplied by 13, then divided by the number of items actually answered, therefore allowing for missing items. Scoring instructions can be downloaded from the developers’ web site, including computerized versions. |
| Score Interpretation | High scores represent less fatigue (the range of possible scores is 0–52, with 0 being the worst possible score and 52 the best) |
| Cut-off points | --- |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | 3-4 minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | 0 minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | --- |
| Limitations | Complex scoring, Copyrighted |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |