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| The SF-36 and the MFI-20 in assessing fatigue among female caregivers of male hemodialysis patients | | Author(s) | Robert A Schneider |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 8 no 2, Summer 2002 |
| Pages | pp 151-160 |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Wives as carers ; Stress ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The reliability and convergent validity of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory-20 (MFI-20) and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) in operationalising fatigue in female caregivers of male dialysis patients are tested. The measures were administered to 45 Iowan spouse or other close female caregivers. Regression analysis of the 8 subscales of the SF-36 backwards on the 5 subscales of the MFI-20 gave moderate to high associations. These scales may be useful in determining quality of life issues for dialysis patients and their caregivers, whose fatigue is often underestimated or overlooked. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020924226 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: P6:SNW: QNH: 4C: 7T |
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