A 12 country field study of the EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3.0) and the head and neck cancer specific module (EORTC QLQ-H&N35) in head and neck patients
Författare
Summary, in English
This study tests the reliability and validity of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) head and neck cancer module (QLQ-H&N35) and version 3.0 of the EORTC Core Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) in 622 head and neck cancer patients from 12 countries. The patients completed the QLQ-C30, the QLQ-H&N35 and a debriefing questionnaire before antineoplastic treatment or at a follow-up. 232 patients receiving treatment completed a second questionnaire after treatment. Compliance was high and the questionnaire was well accepted by the patients. Multitrait scaling analysis confirmed the proposed scale structure of the QLQ-H&N35. The QLQ-H&N35 was responsive to differences between disease status, site and patients with different Karnofsky performance status, and to changes over time. The new physical functioning scale (with a four-point response format) of version 3.0 of the QLQ-C30 was shown to be more reliable than previous versions. Thus, the QLQ-H&N35, in conjunction with the QLQ-C30, appears to be reliable, valid and applicable to broad multicultural samples of head and neck cancer patients.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2000
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1796-1807
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Journal of Cancer
Volym
36
Issue
14
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Otorhinolaryngology
Nyckelord
- EORTC QLQ-H&N35
- EORTC QLQ-C30
- Validation
- Questionnaire
- Assessment
- Head and neck cancer
- Quality of life
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Laryngoesophagology, Allergy and Life Quality
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1879-0852