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From cancer to rheumatoid arthritis: is FACIT a reliable scale for measuring fatigue?

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boxed-textCella D et al. (2005) Validation of the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy fatigue scale relative to other instrumentation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 32: 811–819

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  1. Reader in Clinical Nursing at the University of the West of England, and a Consultant Rheumatology Nurse at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK

    Sarah Hewlett

  2. Professor of Rheumatic Diseases at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    John Kirwan

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