Process / pipelineThree-Dimensional Fatigue Assessment
Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS)
The Cancer Fatigue Scale is a 15-item disease-specific self-report instrument that comprehensively assesses three dimensions of cancer-related fatigue: physical, cognitive, and emotional. Developed by Takuo Okuyama and colleagues at the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research and published in 2000, the CFS provides a brief yet multidimensional fatigue profile suitable for both clinical practice and research, with particular strength in non-English-speaking populations where it has been extensively validated.
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- Okuyama, T., Akechi, T., Kugaya, A., et al. (2000). Development and validation of a cancer fatigue scale: a brief, three-dimensional, disease-specific instrument. J Pain Symptom Manage, 19(1), 5–14. DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(99)00039-5 ↗
- Okuyama, T., Akechi, T., Endo, C., et al. (2000). Validation of the Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS) in gastric cancer patients. J Pain Symptom Manage, 19(4), 324–330. DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(99)00158-3 ↗