Validation of a quality of life questionnaire for use in clinical trials for treatment of patients with inoperable lung cancer.
Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol
; 24(4): 691-701, 1988 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
In order to assess the quality of life of patients with inoperable lung cancer, a questionnaire for patient self-administration with 29 variables was designed including the following subjects:
psychosocial well-being, medical side-effects, activities of daily living and physical performance. The questionnaire was validated by using a semistructured interview. Thirty-one patients treated for inoperable lung cancer with either radiotherapy (42%), chemotherapy (42%) or a combination of these two treatment modalities (16%) were included in the study. The multitrait-multimethod matrix (MTMM) was used in the analysis of the construct validity. The present validation study showed a high degree of validity for the majority of the items studied. Some of the items showed a low degree of validity, and are subject to future analysis in large scale studies.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Calidad de Vida
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol
Año:
1988
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Noruega