Table 3.

Instruments used to assess fear of recurrence

Name of FCR Instrument	Composite Measure	Number of Items	Response Format	Studies Using Each Measure
Cancer Worry Scale (CWS) [50]		Total: 8	1~4	van de Wal et al. [24]
Concerns about Recurrence Scale (CARS) [51]	1) Overall fear (or concerns)	4	1~6	Germino et al. [48], Lengacher et al. [41], Lengacher et al. [27], Lichtenthal et al. [43], Park et al. [42]
	2) Problems (death, health, role, womanhood, and parenting)	26	0~4	Lengacher et al. [41], Lengacher et al. [27], Lichtenthal et al. [43], Shields et al. [47]
		Total: 30
Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory (FCRI) [52]	1) Triggers	8	0~4	Dodds et al. [39], Gonzalez-Hernandez et al. [40], Johns et al. [38], Merckaert et al. [49]
	2) Severity	9	0~4	Dodds et al. [39], Johns et al. [38] Merckaert et al. [49], van Helmondt et al. [45]
	3) Psychological distress	4	0~4	Dodds et al. [39], Gonzalez-Hernandez et al. [40], Johns et al. [38], Merckaert et al. [49]
	4) Coping strategies	9	0~4	Gonzalez-Hernandez et al. [40], Johns et al. [38], Merckaert et al. [48], van Helmondt et al. [45]
	5) Functioning impairments	6	0~4	Dodds et al. [39], Johns et al. [38], Merckaert et al. [49], van Helmondt et al. [45]
	6) Insight	3	0~4	Dodds et al. [39], Gonzalez-Hernandez et al. [40], Johns et al. [38], Merckaert et al. [49]
	7) Reassurance	3		Johns et al. [38], Merckaert et al. [49]
		Total: 42	0~4	Butow et al. [26], Tomei et al. [44], van de Wal et al. [24]
Short form of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (FoP-Q-SF) [53]		12	1~5	Heinrichs et al. [45], Herschbach et al. [23]
Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors (QLACS) [54]	Fear of Cancer Recurrence subscale	4	1~7	Bower et al. [37]