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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer J. 2014 Jan-Feb;20(1):8–14. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000018

Table 3.

Clinical Assessment Tools

Instrument For assessment of # of items Response scale Score interpretation
Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) Fatigue 9 10 points Mild: < 4
Moderate: 4–6
Severe: ≥ 7
Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) Depression 21 4 points Minimal: 0–13
Mild: 14–19
Moderate: 20–28
Severe: ≥ 29
Brief Sleep Disturbance Scale (BSDS)* Sleep 5 Yes/no; 11 points Mild: 22–29
Moderate: 30–34
Severe: ≥ 35
Profile of Mood States (POMS) Mood (anxiety, depression, anger, vigor, fatigue, and confusion) 30 4 points Higher scores > mood disturbance
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Functional Status 1 5 points Mild-Moderate: 0–2, Poor: 3–4
Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI) Work Productivity and Activity 6 Yes/no, Hours
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