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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Oct 11.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2005 Jul 12;14(3):201–209. doi: 10.1007/s00520-005-0861-0

Table 3.

Multidimensional fatigue symptom inventory (n=76)

Variablea Possible range Mean CI Range
Emotion 0–24 5.3 4.2–5.4 0–19
General 0–24 5.9 4.6–7.2 0–24
Mental 0–24 3.7 2.9–4.5 0–17
Physical 0–24 2.8 2.2–3.4 0–16
Vigor 0–24 11.1 9.8–12.4 0–24
Total scoreb −24–96 6.7 2.3–11.1 −23–68
a

Subscales: emotion is the feelings of emotional distress and discomfort; General, feelings of general fatigue; Mental, feeling of decreased mental ability; Physical, feeling of bodily discomfort and pain; and Vigor, feelings of alertness and vigor

b

Higher score indicates more fatigue, except in the Vigor scale where a higher score indicates more vigor