title: The cachexia assessment scale: development and psychometric properties.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a tool to identify patients with cancer who suffer from cachexia throughout all stages of the disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tool development study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Oncology day care, follow-up clinics, radiotherapy, and hospice home care.
  
  
  METHODS
  90 patients with cancer (25 men and 65 women).
  
  
  METHODS
  The Cachexia Assessment Scale (CAS) was created based on a thorough review of the literature and was tested for its psychometric properties.
  
  
  METHODS
  Presence of cachexia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Measures of reliability were determined by inter-rater, test-retest, and internal consistency reliability. Measures of validity were content validity, criterion validity, sensitivity, and specificity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CAS possesses adequate levels of reliability and validity and can be used to evaluate cachexia at all stages of cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CAS can be used as an assessment tool for cachexia in various treatment settings.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Palliative Care Unit, Clalit Health Services, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gabison
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Uziely
authors.forename: Freda Dekeyser
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Ganz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002100:Cachexia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires