title: Preliminary data on the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory-20 from female caregivers of male hemodialysis patients.
abstract: To test the reliability and concurrent validity of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory-20, 45 spouses or first-degree female caregivers of male hemodialysis patients in northern and eastern Iowa were administered the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory-20 and the Rhoten Fatigue Scale. Four of the five subscales had a high Cronbach alpha (.76 to .82). There were low to moderate statistically significant Pearson correlations between scores on the Rhoten Fatigue Inventory and the MFI-20 subscales (.40 to .72). Limitations of generalizations are addressed.
authors.affiliation: University of Northern Iowa, Sabin 34, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0405, USA. Bschneid2@home.com
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005222:Mental Fatigue / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*