Table 3.
Known group validity of MFSI-SF according to ECOG performance status, cancer staging, co-morbidity, pain and insomnia status
| Subscales Median scores (IQR) | Breast cancer stagea | EORTC “Did you feel depressed” item 24 score | EORTC “Have you had trouble sleeping” item 11 scoreb | EORTC “Have you had pain” item 9 score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 (n = 168) | 3–4 (n = 73) | Score difference | 1–2 (n = 232) | 3–4 (n = 13) | Score difference | 1–2 (n = 189) | 3–4 (n = 56) | Score difference | 1–2 (n = 220) | 3–4 (n = 26) | Score difference | |
| General | 3.00 (1.00, 5.00) | 5.00 (1.00, 9.00) | 2.00# | 3.00 (1.00, 6.00) | 10.00 (8.50, 16.50) | 7.00# | 2.00 (0.50, 5.00) | 6.00 (3.00, 11.75) | 4.00# | 3.00 (1.00, 5.75) | 9.00 (4.00, 14.25) | 6.00# |
| Physical | 2.00 (1.00, 5.75) | 4.00 (1.50, 6.50) | 2.00# | 2.00 (1.00, 5.75) | 9.00 (6.00, 13.00) | 7.00# | 2.00 (0.00, 4.50) | 6.00 (3.00, 9.00) | 4.00# | 2.00 (1.00, 5.00) | 8.50 (4.00, 15.00) | 6.50# |
| Emotional | 1.00 (0.00, 5.00) | 2.00 (0.00, 5.00) | 1.00 | 1.00 (0.00, 5.00) | 12.00 (9.00, 13.00) | 11.00# | 1.00 (0.00, 5.00) | 4.00 (1.00, 8.75) | 3.00# | 1.00 (0.00, 5.00) | 6.50 (2.00, 10.50) | 5.50# |
| Mental | 1.00 (0.00, 5.00) | 2.00 (0.00, 5.50) | 1.00 | 1.50 (0.00, 4.00) | 10.00 (5.50, 13.50) | 8.50# | 1.00 (0.00, 4.00) | 2.50 (0.25, 7.75) | 1.50# | 1.50 (0.00, 4.00) | 5.00 (0.75, 9.25) | 3.50# |
| Vigour | 14.00 (8.00, 19.00) | 14.00 (10.00, 18.50) | 0.00 | 14.00 (9.25 19.00) | 4.00 (1.50, 8.50) | − 10.00# | 15.00 (10.00, 19.00) | 12.00 (6.00, 16.50) | − 3.00# | 14.00 (9.00, 19.00) | 11.00 (6.00, 15.25) | − 3.00# |
| Total MFSI-SF score | − 3.00 (− 15.00, 9.00) | − 1.00 (− 11.00, 13.00) | 2.00 | − 3.00 (− 15.00, 8.75) | 35.00 (30.00, 54.50) | 38.00# | − 5.00 (− 15.00, 7.00) | 9.50 (− 5.75, 34.75) | 14.50# | − 4.00 (−15.00, 8.00) | 17.00 (1.00, 36.75) | 21.00# |
MFSI-SF Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory - Short Form, EORTC QLQ-C30 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Core Questionnaire 30
#Denotes statistically significance difference (P < 0.05)
aData missing for 5 patients
bData missing for 1 patient