Table 1 Fatigue assessment instruments collected from literature search (Phase I)

1.

BFI

Brief Fatigue Inventory

[15]

2.

CFQ

Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire

[28]

3.

CFS

Cancer Fatigue Scale

[29]

4.

CFS

Chalder Fatigue Scale

[28]

5.

CRFDS

Cancer-Related Fatigue Distress Scale

[30]

6.

DEFS

Dutch Exertion Fatigue Scale

[31]

7.

D-FIS

Daily Fatigue Impact Scale

[32]

8.

DUFS

Dutch Fatigue Scale

[31]

9.

EORTC QLQ-C30

Quality of Life Questionnaire - Core 30

[16]

10.

EORTC QLQ-HDC29

Quality of Life Questionnaire - High-Dose Chemotherapy 29

[33]

11.

EORTC QLQ-MY20

Quality of Life Questionnaire - Multiple Myeloma 20

[34]

12.

EORTC QLQ-OV28

Quality of Life Questionnaire - Ovarian 28

[35]

13.

EORTC QLQ-FA13

Quality of Life Questionnaire - Fatigue 13

[13]

14.

FACT-F/An

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Fatigue/Anemia

[4]

15.

FAI

Fatigue Assessment Instrument

[36]

16.

FAQ

Fatigue Assessment Questionnaire

[37]

17.

FAS

Fatigue Assessment Scale

[38]

18.

EORTC QLQ-FA

EORTC Fatigue Module Phase (Development phase II)

[13]

19.

FDS

Fatigue Descriptive Scale

[39]

20.

FIS

Fatigue Impact Scale

[40]

21.

FSCL

Fatigue Symptoms Checklist

[41]

22.

FSI

Fatigue Symptom Inventory

[42]

23.

FSS

Fatigue Severity Scale

[43]

24.

IFS

Iowa Fatigue Scale

[44]

25.

LFS

Lee Fatigue Scale

[11]

26.

MAF

Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue

[45]

27.

MFI

Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory

[12]

28.

MFIS

Modified Fatigue Impact Scale

[46]

29.

MFSI

Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory

[47]

30.

MFSI-SF

Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory - Short Form

[48]

31.

PFS

Piper Fatigue Scale

[49]

32.

SCFS-6

Schwartz Cancer Fatigue Scale

[50]

33.

SFS

Situational Fatigue Scale

[51]

34.

SOFA

Schedule of Fatigue and Anergia

[52]

35.

SOF

Swedish Occupational Fatigue Inventory

[53]

36.

WCFS

Wu Cancer Fatigue Scale

[54]

37.

WEIMuS

Würzburger Erschöpfungsinventar für Multiple Sklerose

[55]