title: Developing scales for the assessment of fatigue in Turkish pediatric oncology patients aged 13-18 and their parents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was planned in an attempt to develop scales for the assessment of fatigue in pediatric oncology patients aged 13-18 and also for their parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  In collecting the study data, we used the Child and Parent Information Form, Visual Fatigue Scale, Scale for the Assessment of Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 13-18 and the Scale for the Assessment of Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 13-18 for Parents. We also used Pearson correlation analysis, Cronbach alpha coefficient, factor analysis and ROC analysis for the study data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, the total Cronbach alpha value of the parent form was 0.99, the total factor load was 0.72-0.94 with 95% the total variance being explained. The cutoff point of the parent form is 73 points. The total Cronbach alpha value of the child form was 0.99, the total factor load was 0.82-0.95, with 89.4% of the total variance being explained. The cutoff point of the child form was 75.5 points.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests that the Scale for the Assessment of Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 13-18 and the Scale for the Assessment of Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 13-18 for Parents are valid and reliable instruments in assessing the fatigue symptoms of children in Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey E-mail : muratbektas35@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bektas
authors.forename: Asli Akdeniz
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kudubes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005221:Fatigue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010290:Parents; D011379:Prognosis; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey