Overview
The FACIT-Dyspnea is an efficient patient-reported measure of dyspnea severity and related functional limitations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, based on a patient-driven PRO conceptual framework.
MEASURE NAME:
Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Dyspnea-10 item (FACIT-Dyspnea)
VERSION:
1
NUMBER OF ITEMS:
10
PATIENT POPULATION:
Dyspnea patients 18 years and older
RECALL PERIOD:
Past 7 days
RESPONSE SCALE:
4 point Likert-type scales
DATA COLLECTION:
Paper and electronic
ADMINISTRATION:
Self-administration and interview when applicable
SUBSCALE DOMAINS:
Severity, Functional Limitation
TIME FOR COMPLETION:
5-10 minutes
SCORING:
Manual scoring template
RELATED MEASURES:
PROMIS SF v1.0 – Dyspnea-Severity 10a, PROMIS SF v1.0 – Dyspnea Functional Limitations 10a, PROMIS SF v1.0 – Dyspnea-Severity 5a
Language Availability
Available translations of the FACIT-Dyspnea can be obtained by registering for permission. Users are not permitted to translate the FACIT-Dyspnea without permission from FACIT.org. Permission from FACIT.org to translate the FACIT-Dyspnea may also be contingent upon timeline expectations and availability of FACIT staff. Translations must undergo a rigorous methodology under the guidance of FACIT.org which includes multiple translators, QA steps and cognitive interviews with patients. For commercial use, FACITtrans is the approved translation vendor to translate the FACIT measurement system.
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Licensing
Licensing fees are assessed on a per trial/per measure basis for commercial use. There is no fee for use of the English version, but a license should be obtained.
Non-commercial use is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Licensing fees are typically not applied to investigator-initiated research, students, or clinical use.
To license an available version of this measure for commercial or non-commercial use, please complete our registration form. All of the information provided in the form will be kept strictly confidential. For questions, please contact us.
Selected References
Choi, S., Victorson, D., Yount, S., Anton, S., & Cella, D. Development of a conceptual framework and calibrated item banks to measure patient reported dyspnea severity and related functional limitations. Value in Health 2011; 14: 291-306.
Ruo, B., Choi, S., Baker, D., Grady, K., & Cella,D. Development and validation of a computer adaptive test measuring dyspnea in heart failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2010; 16(8): 659-668. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.03.002.
Victorson, D., Anton, S., Hamilton, A., Yount, S., & Cella, D. A conceptual model of the experience of dyspnea and functional limitations in COPD. Value in Health 2009; 12(6): 1018-1025.
Yount, S., Choi, S., Victorson, D., Ruo, B., Ray, D., Cella, D., Anton, S., & Hamilton, A. (2011) Brief, valid measures of dyspnea and related functional limitations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Value in Health 2011; 14: 307-315.
Bonomi, A.E., Cella, D.D., Hahn, E.A., Bjordal, K., Sperner, B., Gangeri, L., Bergman, B., Willems, J., Hanquet, P., & Zittoun, R. Multilingual translation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) quality of life measurement system. Quality of Life Research 1996; 5: 309-320.
Eremenco, S., Arnold, B., Cella, D. A comprehensive method for the translation and cross-cultural validation of health status questionnaires. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2005; 28(2): 212-232.
Webster K., Cella D., Yost K. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) measurement system: Properties applications, and interpretation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003; 1(1): 79-85.
Yost K.J., Eton D.T. Combining distribution- and anchor-based approaches to determine minimally important differences: The FACIT experience. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2005; 28(2): 172-191.
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