Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 5 Spearman’s correlations between change in scores on the MFSI-SF subscales and EORTC QLQ-C30 domains

From: Psychometric properties and measurement equivalence of the Multidimensional Fatigue Syndrome Inventory- Short Form (MFSI-SF) amongst breast cancer and lymphoma patients in Singapore

EORTC QLQ-C30	MFSI-SF
EORTC QLQ-C30	General Fatigue	Physical Fatigue	Emotional Fatigue	Mental Fatigue	Vigour	Total Score
Functional
Physical	− 0.292^a	− 0.239 ^a	− 0.156^b	− 0.173^a	0.183^a	− 0.297^a
Role	− 0.262^a	− 0.202^a	− 0.211^a	− 0.203^a	0.202 ^a	− 0.296^a
Emotional	− 0.236^a	− 0.241^a	− 0.447 ^a	− 0.243^a	0.219^a	− 0.372^a
Cognitive	− 0.202^a	− 0.205^a	− 0.196^a	− 0.361^a	0.183^a	− 0.294^a
Social	− 0.231^a	− 0.153^a	− 0.180^a	− 0.124	0.156^b	− 0.228^a
Global QOL
Global health status (GHS)	− 0.361^a	− 0.286^a	− 0.317	− 0.180^a	0.302^a	− 0.404^a
Symptom scales
Fatigue	0.412	0.368 ^a	0.406 ^a	0.277 ^a	− 0.283^a	0.478 ^a
Pain	0.221	0.350^a	0.113	0.127	− 0.090	0.240 ^a
Symptom Items
Dyspnoea	0.170^b	0.275^a	0.302^a	0.226^a	− 0.187^a	0.286 ^a
Insomnia	0.266^a	0.309^a	0.191^a	0.200^a	− 0.242^a	0.349 ^a
Appetite loss	0.230^a	0.210^a	0.277^a	0.194^a	− 0.345^a	0.354^a
Constipation	0.099	0.063	0.083	0.006	− 0.185^a	0.114
Nausea & vomiting	0.089	0.076	0.127	0.163^b	− 0.139^b	0.159^b
Diarrhoea	0.098	0.153 ^b	− 0.046	− 0.079	0.005	0.029
Financial Difficulties	0.132^b	0.095	0.141	0.143^b	− 0.267^a	0.225^a

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
Unmarked correlations were not significant at the 0.05 level
^aCorrelation was significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
^bCorrelation was significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
Bolded values indicate hypothesised correlations

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