A POMS short form for cancer patients: psychometric and structural evaluation.
The internal consistency, validity, and factor structure of the Shacham shortened version (37 items) of the 65-item profile of mood states (POMS) were examined with a sample of 428 cancer patients who were awaiting bone marrow transplantation. Cronbach's alphas ranging from 0.78 to 0.91 were obtained for each of the six subscales of the POMS-short form (POMS-SF) and for the total 37-item scale. Correlations with the CES-D, the Self-Rated Karnofsky, the MOS SF-20 Physical Functioning, and the Bradburn Positive and Negative Affect Scales provided evidence of the convergent and discriminant validity of the POMS-SF. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis were supportive of the 6-factor interpretation of the POMS items in the 37-item version of the POMS.
American Cancer Society, Behavioral Research Center, 1599 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA, USA. fbaker@cancer.org
Frank
F
Baker
Maxine
M
Denniston
James
J
Zabora
Adrienne
A
Polland
William N
WN
Dudley
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires