facit.org: Format

Length and item format:

FACIT scales are formatted on 1- 4 pages, by subscale domain, for self-administration using a 5-point Likert rating scale (0 = Not at all; 1 = A little bit; 2 = Somewhat; 3 = Quite a bit; and 4 = Very much). The FACT-G and related subscales are written at the 4th grade-reading level as measured by the Lexile Framework. Number of items range across scales and symptom indices. Below is a list of FACIT scales and the total number of items in each measure (most measures include the 27-items from the FACT-G):

Scale	Total # of items	Scale	Total # of items	Scale	Total # of items
FACT-G	27	FACT-Hep	45	FACIT-F	40
FANLTC	26	FHSI	8	FACIT-Fatigue-13	13
FACT-GP	21	FACT-L*	36	FACT-An	47
FACT-B*	37	FLSI	6	FACT-ES*	46
FBSI	8	FACT-Leu	54	FACT-B+4	41
FACT-Bl	39	FACT-Lym	49	FACT-N	46
FBlSI	7	FACT-O	39	FACT-Th	45
FACT-Br*	50	FOSI	8	FAIT-F	39
FBrSI	15	FACT-P	39	FAIT-U	38
FACT-C	36	FPSI-7	7	FACIT-Pal	46
FCSI	9	FPSI-8	8	FACIT-Sp	39
FACT-CNS	39	FACT-BMT*	50	FACIT-Sp-12	12
FACT-Cx	42	FACT-BRM	40	FACIT-Sp-Ex	50
FACT-E	44	FACT/GOG-Ntx	38	FACIT-TS	8/32
FACT-En	43	FACT-Taxane	43	FAHI	47
FACT-H&N*	39	FAACT	39	FAMS	59
FHNSI	10	FACIT-D	38	SWiP	7
* Select items (still considered to be experimental) from each of these scales are currently not included in the scoring

Domains include:
FACT-G (General version):
Physical Well-Being (PWB; 7-items)
Social/Family Well-Being (SWB; 7-items)
Emotional Well-Being (EWB; 6-items)
Functional Well-Being (FWB; 7-items)

Disease-, treatment-, condition-specific subscales:
Disease-, treatment-, and condition-specific subscales generally cover physical, functional, social and emotional concerns in the same subscale and vary in item length.