The MFSI-SF demonstrated moderate test-retest reliability in a small number of studies .
The MFSI-SF fatigue subscales were positively correlated with measures of distress , depressive , and anxious symptoms .
Purpose Fatigue is a subjective complaint that is believed to be multifactorial in its etiology and multidimensional in its expression .
Fatigue may be experienced by individuals in different dimensions as physical , mental , and emotional tiredness .
The purpose s of this study were to review and characterize the use of the 30-item Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form ( MFSI-SF ) in published studies and to evaluate the available evidence for its psychometric properties .
Cognitive complaints after breast cancer treatments: examining the relationship with neuropsychological test performance.
BACKGROUND Cognitive complaints are reported frequently after breast cancer treatments . Their association with neuropsychological ( NP ) test performance is not well-established . METHODS Early-stage , posttreatment breast cancer patients were enrolled in a prospect i ve , longitudinal , cohort study prior to starting endocrine therapy . Evaluation included an NP test battery and self-report question naires assessing symptoms , including cognitive complaints . Multivariable regression models assessed associations among cognitive complaints , mood , treatment exposures , and NP test performance . RESULTS One hundred eighty-nine breast cancer patients , aged 21 - 65 years , completed the evaluation ; 23.3 % endorsed higher memory complaints and 19.0 % reported higher executive function complaints ( > 1 SD above the mean for healthy control sample ) . Regression modeling demonstrated a statistically significant association of higher memory complaints with combined chemotherapy and radiation treatments ( P = .01 ) , poorer NP verbal memory performance ( P = .02 ) , and higher depressive symptoms ( P < .001 ) , controlling for age and IQ . For executive functioning complaints , multivariable modeling controlling for age , IQ , and other confounds demonstrated statistically significant associations with better NP visual memory performance ( P = .03 ) and higher depressive symptoms ( P < .001 ) , whereas combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment ( P = .05 ) approached statistical significance . CONCLUSIONS About one in five post-adjuvant treatment breast cancer patients had elevated memory and /or executive function complaints that were statistically significantly associated with domain-specific NP test performances and depressive symptoms ; combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment was also statistically significantly associated with memory complaints . These results and other emerging studies suggest that subjective cognitive complaints in part reflect objective NP performance , although their etiology and biology appear to be multifactorial , motivating further transdisciplinary research
The MFSI-SF demonstrated moderate test-retest reliability in a small number of studies .
The MFSI-SF fatigue subscales were positively correlated with measures of distress , depressive , and anxious symptoms .
Purpose Fatigue is a subjective complaint that is believed to be multifactorial in its etiology and multidimensional in its expression .
Fatigue may be experienced by individuals in different dimensions as physical , mental , and emotional tiredness .
The purpose s of this study were to review and characterize the use of the 30-item Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form ( MFSI-SF ) in published studies and to evaluate the available evidence for its psychometric properties .