Criteria for Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF) for ICD-10

• feel significant fatigue, reduced energy or increased need to rest, out of proportion to any recent activity?

• complain of generalized weakness or limb heaviness?

• have a diminished ability to concentrate or a reduced attention span?

• show decreased motivation or interest in usual activities?

• show insomnia or hypersomnia?

• feel unrefreshed and not restored after sleep?

• have to struggle to overcome inactivity?

• experience marked emotional reactivity to feeling fatigued?

• have difficulty in completing dialy tasks, attributed to feeling fatigued?

• have problems with short-term memory?

• feel postexertional malaise lasting several hours?

Do the symptoms cause significant distress or impairment for the patient in important areas of functioning?

Is there evidence that symptoms are a consequence of cancer or cancer therapy?

Are the symptoms primarily a consequence of a comorbid psychiatric disorder?