The Sickness Behavior Inventory-Revised: Sickness behavior and its associations with depression and inflammation in patients with metastatic lung cancer.
Daniel C McFarlandLeah E WalshRebecca SaracinoChristian J NelsonWilliam BreitbartBarry RosenfeldPublished in: Palliative & supportive care (2021)
The SBI-R demonstrated adequate reliability and construct validity in this patient population with metastatic lung cancer. The observed findings suggest that the SBI-R can meaningfully capture the presence of sickness behavior and may facilitate a greater understanding of inflammatory depression.