The Piper Fatigue Scale-12 (PFS-12): psychometric findings ...

The Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS) is one of the commonly used multidimensional fatigue measures in the cancer research field and includes subdomains ... Skiptomaincontent Advertisement SearchSpringerLink Search AbstractBrief,validmeasuresoffatigue,aprevalentanddistressingcancersymptom,areneededforuseinresearch.Thisstudy’sprimaryaimwastocreateashortenedversionoftherevisedPiperFatigueScale(PFS-R)basedondatafromadiversecohortofbreastcancersurvivors.AsecondaryaimwastodeterminewhetherthePFScapturedmultipledistinctaspectsoffatigue(amultidimensionalmodel)orasingleoverallfatiguefactor(aunidimensionalmodel).Breastcancersurvivors(n = 799;stagesinsituthroughIIIa;ages29–86years)wererecruitedthroughthreeSEERregistries(NewMexico,WesternWashington,andLosAngeles,CA)aspartoftheHealth,Eating,Activity,andLifestyle(HEAL)study.Fatiguewasmeasuredapproximately3 yearspost-diagnosisusingthe22-itemPFS-Rthathasfoursubscales(Behavior,Affect,Sensory,andCognition).Confirmatoryfactoranalysiswasusedtocompareunidimensionalandmultidimensionalmodels.SixcriteriawereusedtomakeitemselectionstoshortenthePFS-R:scale’scontentvalidity,items’relationshipwithfatigue,contentredundancy,differentialitemfunctioningbyraceand/oreducation,scalereliability,andliteracydemand.Factoranalysessupportedtheoriginal4-factorstructure.Therewasalsoevidencefromthebi-factormodelforadominantunderlyingfatiguefactor.SixitemstestedpositivefordifferentialitemfunctioningbetweenAfrican-AmericanandCaucasiansurvivors.Fouradditionalitemseithershowedpoorassociation,localdependence,orcontentvalidityconcerns.Afterremovingthese10items,thereliabilityofthePFS-12subscalesrangedfrom0.87to0.89,comparedto0.90–0.94priortoitemremoval.ThenewlydevelopedPFS-12canbeusedtoassessfatigueinAfrican-AmericanandCaucasianbreastcancersurvivorsandreducesresponseburdenwithoutcompromisingreliabilityorvalidity.ThisisthefirststudytodeterminePFSliteracydemandandtocomparePFS-RresponsesinAfrican-AmericansandCaucasianbreastcancersurvivors.Furthertestingindiversepopulationsiswarranted. 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AuthorinformationAuthorsandAffiliationsDepartmentofHealthPolicy&Management,GillingsSchoolofGlobalPublicHealth,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,1101-DMcGavran-GreenbergHall,135DauerDrive,CB7411,ChapelHill,NC,27599-7411,USABryceB.ReeveLinebergerComprehensiveCancerCenter,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,CB#7295,ChapelHill,NC,27599-7295,USABryceB.Reeve & AngelaM.StoverDepartmentofHealthBehavior,GillingsSchoolofGlobalPublicHealth,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,RosenauHall,CB#7440,ChapelHill,NC,27599,USAAngelaM.StoverOfficeofCancerSurvivorship,DivisionofCancerControlandPopulationSciences,NationalCancerInstitute,6116ExecutiveBlvd,Suite404,Bethesda,MD,20892,USACatherineM.AlfanoAppliedResearchProgram,DivisionofCancerControlandPopulationSciences,NationalCancerInstitute,EPN4005,6130ExecutiveBlvd,Bethesda,MD,20892-7344,USAAshleyWilderSmith & RachelBallard-BarbashDivisionofCancerEtiology,DepartmentofPopulationSciences,BeckmanResearchInstituteoftheCityofHope,1500EastDuarteRoad,Duarte,CA,91010,USALeslieBernsteinPreventionCenter,FredHutchinsonCancerResearchCenter,P.O.Box19024,Seattle,WA,98109,USAAnneMcTiernanEpidemiologyandPopulationHealth,UniversityofLouisville,485E.GraySt.,Louisville,KY,40292,USAKathyB.BaumgartnerUniversityofArizonaSchoolofNursing,10684 N.113thStreet,Scottsdale,AZ,85259-4034,USABarbaraF.PiperAuthorsBryceB.ReeveViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarAngelaM.StoverViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarCatherineM.AlfanoViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarAshleyWilderSmithViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarRachelBallard-BarbashViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarLeslieBernsteinViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarAnneMcTiernanViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarKathyB.BaumgartnerViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarBarbaraF.PiperViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarCorrespondingauthorCorrespondenceto BryceB.Reeve.AppendixAppendix RightsandpermissionsReprintsandPermissionsAboutthisarticleCitethisarticleReeve,B.B.,Stover,A.M.,Alfano,C.M.etal.ThePiperFatigueScale-12(PFS-12):psychometricfindingsanditemreductioninacohortofbreastcancersurvivors. 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