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Most reviews focus on the introduction of tools but overlook systematic evaluations of their psychometric properties, and there is limited focus on localization challenges in Chinese clinical practice. This review systematically evaluates the status of fatigue assessment tools for HD patients, their psychometric properties, and the needs for optimizing their application in Chinese localization. The system searched Chinese and English databases, including CNKI, Wanfang, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL, from their inception to September 30, 2025, for literature on fatigue assessment tools for HD patients. A scoping review method was used for systematic summarization. A total of 38 articles were included, involving 13 fatigue assessment tools for HD patients, including 1 objective assessment tool and 12 subjective self-assessment scales, namely FSS, SF36-V, CFS, MFI-20, VAFS, FACIT-F, RPFS, BFI, PROMIS, PFS-12, PDF, and SONG-HD. 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