Assessment of fatigue using the Identity- Consequence Fatigue Scale in patients with lung cancer
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the properties of the Identity-Consequence Fatigue Scale (ICFS) in patients with lung cancer (LC), assessing the intensity of fatigue and associated factors. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving LC patients, treated at a teaching hospital in Brazil,...
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| author | Ingrid Correia Nogueira Amanda Souza Araújo Maria Tereza Morano Antonio George Cavalcante Pedro Felipe de Bruin Johana Susan Paddison Guilherme Pinheiro da Silva Eanes Delgado Pereira |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the properties of the Identity-Consequence Fatigue Scale (ICFS) in patients with lung cancer (LC), assessing the intensity of fatigue and associated factors. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving LC patients, treated at a teaching hospital in Brazil, who completed the ICFS. Patients with chronic heart disease (CHD) and healthy controls, matched for age and gender, also completed the scale. Initially, a Brazilian Portuguese-language version of the ICFS was administered to 50 LC patients by two independent interviewers; to test for reproducibility, it was readministered to those same patients. At baseline, the LC patients were submitted to spirometry and the six-minute walk test, as well as completing the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS). Inflammatory status was assessed by blood C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. To validate the ICFS, we assessed the correlations of its scores with those variables. Results: The sample comprised 50 patients in each group (LC, CHD, and control). In the LC group, the intraclass correlation coefficients for intra-rater and inter-rater reliability regarding ICFS summary variables ranged from 0.94 to 0.76 and from 0.94 to 0.79, respectively. The ICFS presented excellent internal consistency, and Bland-Altman plots showed good test-retest reliability. The ICFS correlated significantly with FSS, HADS, and SF-36 scores, as well as with CRP levels. Mean ICFS scores in the LC group differed significantly from those in the CHD and control groups. Conclusions: The ICFS is a valid, reliable instrument for evaluating LC patients, in whom depression, quality of life, and CRP levels seem to be significantly associated with fatigue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-139b1d4bb7014c7588a735809aee0b5b2022-12-22T01:04:53ZengSociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e TisiologiaJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia1806-3756010.1590/s1806-37562016000000033S1806-37132017005001103Assessment of fatigue using the Identity- Consequence Fatigue Scale in patients with lung cancerIngrid Correia NogueiraAmanda Souza AraújoMaria Tereza MoranoAntonio George CavalcantePedro Felipe de BruinJohana Susan PaddisonGuilherme Pinheiro da SilvaEanes Delgado PereiraABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the properties of the Identity-Consequence Fatigue Scale (ICFS) in patients with lung cancer (LC), assessing the intensity of fatigue and associated factors. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving LC patients, treated at a teaching hospital in Brazil, who completed the ICFS. Patients with chronic heart disease (CHD) and healthy controls, matched for age and gender, also completed the scale. Initially, a Brazilian Portuguese-language version of the ICFS was administered to 50 LC patients by two independent interviewers; to test for reproducibility, it was readministered to those same patients. At baseline, the LC patients were submitted to spirometry and the six-minute walk test, as well as completing the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS). Inflammatory status was assessed by blood C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. To validate the ICFS, we assessed the correlations of its scores with those variables. Results: The sample comprised 50 patients in each group (LC, CHD, and control). In the LC group, the intraclass correlation coefficients for intra-rater and inter-rater reliability regarding ICFS summary variables ranged from 0.94 to 0.76 and from 0.94 to 0.79, respectively. The ICFS presented excellent internal consistency, and Bland-Altman plots showed good test-retest reliability. The ICFS correlated significantly with FSS, HADS, and SF-36 scores, as well as with CRP levels. Mean ICFS scores in the LC group differed significantly from those in the CHD and control groups. Conclusions: The ICFS is a valid, reliable instrument for evaluating LC patients, in whom depression, quality of life, and CRP levels seem to be significantly associated with fatigue.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132017005001103&lng=en&tlng=enFadigaNeoplasias pulmonaresAvaliação de sintomas |
| spellingShingle | Ingrid Correia Nogueira Amanda Souza Araújo Maria Tereza Morano Antonio George Cavalcante Pedro Felipe de Bruin Johana Susan Paddison Guilherme Pinheiro da Silva Eanes Delgado Pereira Assessment of fatigue using the Identity- Consequence Fatigue Scale in patients with lung cancer Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia Fadiga Neoplasias pulmonares Avaliação de sintomas |
| title | Assessment of fatigue using the Identity- Consequence Fatigue Scale in patients with lung cancer |
| title_full | Assessment of fatigue using the Identity- Consequence Fatigue Scale in patients with lung cancer |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of fatigue using the Identity- Consequence Fatigue Scale in patients with lung cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of fatigue using the Identity- Consequence Fatigue Scale in patients with lung cancer |
| title_short | Assessment of fatigue using the Identity- Consequence Fatigue Scale in patients with lung cancer |
| title_sort | assessment of fatigue using the identity consequence fatigue scale in patients with lung cancer |
| topic | Fadiga Neoplasias pulmonares Avaliação de sintomas |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132017005001103&lng=en&tlng=en |
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