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Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Jun 17;201(1):139–145. doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-06968-2

Table 3.

Convergent validity analyses comparing correlations between FACT-Cog Perceived Cognitive Impairments 18 item subscale and PROMIS Cog 8a

Thinking and Living with Cancer
Study (N=471)
Mind Body Study (N=132) Cognition After Breast Cancer Study
(N=90)
Construct FACT-Cog PCI-
18
PROMIS Cog
8a
FACT-Cog
PCI-18
PROMIS Cog
8a
FACT-Cog PCI-18 PROMIS Cog
8a
Depression r −0.338** −0.378** −.646** −.643** −.55** −.56**
(specific measure) (CES-D) (BDI-II) (PROMIS-Emotional Distress-
Depressive Short Form 8a)
Anxiety r −0.260** −0.290** −.455** −.467** −.52** −.51**
(specific measure) (STAI State-Anxiety subscale) (STAI State-Anxiety
subscale)
(PROMIS-Emotional Distress-
Anxiety Short Form 8a)
Stress r - - −.534** −.516** −.66** −.67**
(specific measure) - (PSS) (PSS)
Fatigue r 0.342** 0.366** .542** .559** −.62** −.62**
(specific measure) (FACIT-F) (MFSI-Vigor subscale) (PROMIS-Fatigue Short Form 8a)
Sleep r −0.205** −0.215** −.322** −.315** −.51** −.48**
(specific measure) (PSQI) (PSQI) (PSQI)
Loneliness - - - - −.51** −.51**
(specific measure) - - (UCLA Loneliness v 3)
Cognitive Abilities 0.619** 0.596** .746** .690** .82** .82**
(specific measure) (FACT-Cog PCA subscale) (FACT-Cog PCA subscale) (FACT-Cog PCA subscale)
Quality of Life 0.554** 0.569** .731** .749** .78** .77**
(specific measure) (FACT-Cog QOL subscale) (FACT-Cog QOL subscale) (FACT-Cog QOL subscale)
Comments from Others about Cognition 0.340** 0.362** .617** .649** .62** .63**
(specific measure) (FACT-Cog CO subscale) (FACT-Cog CO subscale) (FACT-Cog CO subscale)
Cognitive Complaints: Squire Memory Questionnaire .659** .562**
Cognitive Complaints: Patient’s Assessment of Own Functioning Inventory Total .710** .665**

Abbreviations: BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory-II ; CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; CO: Comments from Others; FACIT-F: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue; FACT Cog: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Cognitive Function; MFSI: Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory; PCA: Perceived Cognitive Abilities; PCI: Perceived Cognitive Impairments; PROMIS: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; PSS: Perceived Stress Scale; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; QOL: Quality of Life

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p < .001