Psychometric Properties of the Brief Fatigue Inventory in Hemodialysis Patients during a Dialysis Day: A Preliminary Report

Subrata Debnath, Rain Rueda, Nimmy Thomas, Saket Kottewar, Sheena Grant and Carlos Lorenzo

Clinical Nursing Research, 2023, vol. 32, issue 3, 445-451

Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) in hemodialysis patients. During a dialysis day, patients completed both 9-item BFI and 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II questionnaires. The psychometric properties of the BFI were assessed in terms of reliability and validity. The BFI had an overall Cronbach’s coefficient alpha of .92. Inter-item correlation coefficients between BFI items ranged from .38 to. 81 (all p  

Keywords: hemodialysis; fatigue; Brief Fatigue Inventory; dialysis day; reliability; validity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738221149811

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