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Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Measurement System

The list of questionnaires provided on this website (view questionnaires and translation availability) constitutes the complete FACIT Measurement System. The following conventions have been used to identify the questionnaires and the status of available language translations:

Content:
Three different forms of measures are listed: a) full scales; b) stand-alone subscales; and c) symptom indices. As a general rule the full scales (aside from select non-cancer scales) are comprised of the FACT-G (the general version of the cancer-specific QOL measure) plus an additional subscale of disease-, treatment-, or condition-specific concerns. Each scale has a unique name and acronym corresponding to the targeted issue (e.g., FACT-B for breast cancer; FACT-BMT for bone marrow transplantation; FACT-An for anemia/fatigue). Stand-alone subscales are those subscales that have demonstrated reliability and validity as independent measures, so can be administered in conjunction with the FACT-G or as a separate scale (e.g., The FACIT Fatigue Scale). Symptom indices are currently available for select tumor sites. They were derived from existing FACT disease-specific scales due to a growing need for brief symptom-based patient-reported outcome measures. The indices are comprised of 6-15 symptoms considered by cancer experts to be priority symptoms for targeted tumor sites. Please refer to the selecting an endpoint link under Questionnaire Specifics on our website for more information on the potential application of the symptom indices.
Terminology:
All questionnaires listed below are part of the FACIT measurement system. However, questionnaire names and acronyms vary. Some scales are labeled "FACIT", some "FACT", and others according to a condition or concern. The term "FACIT" was adopted in 1997, several years after the FACT Measurement System was already in place, to reflect the expansion of the original cancer questionnaire into other chronic illnesses.
Version:
FACIT questionnaires are currently available in Version 4 (since 1997).
Categorization:
The list of available FACIT scales is organized according to five categories: a) The general-measures (the core measure, the non-life-threatening conditions measure, and the general population measure); b) Cancer-specific subscales (breast; bladder; brain; colon; central nervous system; cervical; esophageal; endometrial; head & neck; hepatobiliary; leukemia; lung; lymphoma; ovarian; prostate); c) Treatment-specific subscales (bone marrow transplantation; biologic response modifiers; neurotoxicity; taxane toxicity); d) Symptom-specific scales (anorexia/cachexia; diarrhea; anemia/fatigue; endocrine symptoms; lymphedema; neutropenia; thrombocytopenia; fecal incontinence; urinary incontinence); and e) Non-cancer-specific subscales (palliative care; spiritual well-being; HIV infection; multiple sclerosis; treatment satisfaction).
Translations:
Available language translations are listed for each questionnaire. Please be aware that translations are constantly in the process of development. We strive to develop 1 valid language translation for all native speakers of a given language. The following language versions are compatible with native speaking populations in the countries listed below:

The following language versions are compatible with native speaking populations in the countries listed below:

Chinese (Simplified) China, Singapore
Chinese (Traditional) Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan
English Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA
French Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland
German Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Dutch Belgium, The Netherlands
Spanish Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela
Portuguese Brazil, Portugal
Russian Israel, Russia, USA