Minimal important differences for fatigue patient reported outcome measures—a systematic review

Å Nordin, C Taft, Å Lundgren-Nilsson… - BMC Medical Research …, 2016 - Springer
Background Fatigue is the most frequent symptom reported by patients with chronic
illnesses. As a subjective experience, fatigue is commonly assessed with patient-reported …

Cancer-related fatigue: state of the science

SA Mitchell - PM&R, 2010 - Elsevier
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a disabling and distressing symptom that is highly prevalent
across the cancer continuum from a patient's diagnosis and treatment through survivorship …

Fatigue in the general population-associations to age, sex, socioeconomic status, physical activity, sitting time and self-rated health: the northern Sweden MONICA …

I Engberg, J Segerstedt, G Waller, P Wennberg… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Fatigue is widespread in the population and a common complaint in primary
care. Little is known about prevalence of fatigue in the population and its predictors. We …

Effects of a partly self-administered exercise program before, during, and after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

J Wiskemann, P Dreger… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Before, during, and after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT),
patients experience considerable physical and psychologic distress. Besides graft-versus …

Randomized controlled trial of the effects of high intensity and low-to-moderate intensity exercise on physical fitness and fatigue in cancer survivors: results of the …

CS Kampshoff, MJM Chinapaw, J Brug, JWR Twisk… - BMC medicine, 2015 - Springer
Background International evidence-based guidelines recommend physical exercise to form
part of standard care for all cancer survivors. However, at present, the optimum exercise …

Short-and long-term impact of adapted physical activity and diet counseling during adjuvant breast cancer therapy: the “APAD1” randomized controlled trial

M Carayol, G Ninot, P Senesse, JP Bleuse, S Gourgou… - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy
experience fatigue and other treatment side effects. Integrative therapies combining physical …

Further validation of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory in a US adult population sample

JMS Lin, DJ Brimmer, EM Maloney, E Nyarko… - Population health …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Background The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) was developed in
1995. Since then, it has been widely used in cancer research and cancer-related illnesses …

Massage therapy decreases cancer‐related fatigue: Results from a randomized early phase trial

B Kinkead, PJ Schettler, ER Larson, D Carroll… - Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Cancer‐related fatigue (CRF) is a prevalent and debilitating symptom
experienced by cancer survivors, yet treatment options for CRF are limited. In this study, we …

Distribution-and anchor-based methods to determine the minimally important difference on patient-reported outcome questionnaires in oncology: a structured review

A Ousmen, C Touraine, N Deliu, F Cottone… - Health and quality of life …, 2018 - Springer
Background Interpretation of differences or changes in patient-reported outcome scores
should not only consider statistical significance, but also clinical relevance. Accordingly …

[HTML][HTML] Minimal (clinically) important differences for the Fatigue Assessment Scale in sarcoidosis

WPE de Kleijn, J De Vries, PAHM Wijnen, M Drent - Respiratory medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The usefulness of any questionnaire in clinical management and research
trials depends on its ability to indicate a likelihood of treatment success during follow-up …