title: Validation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast Symptom Index (FBSI).
abstract: We assessed the reliability, validity, and responsiveness to change of the 6-item Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast Symptom Index (FBSI) in a sample of 615 metastatic breast cancer patients. The FBSI is a brief, clinically relevant, and psychometrically sound instrument that can be used to measure symptoms in patients with breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Center on Outcomes, Research and Education (CORE), Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, 1001 University Place, Suite 100, Evanston, IL 60201, USA. kyost@enh.org
authors.forename: Kathleen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yost
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Yount
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Eton
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silberman
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broughton-Heyes
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cella
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires