Quality of life in patients of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Validation of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and the EORTC QLQ-H&N35
Journal
Quality of Life Research
Journal Volume
12
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
1
Journal Issue
1
Pages
93-98
Start Page
93
End Page
98
Date Issued
2003
Author(s)
Abstract
The authors followed the guidelines of translation and pilot testing of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC-QLQ-H&N35 questionnaires. The questionnaires were given to 50 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients under active treatment and 50 under follow-up at our institution from November 2000 to June 2001. A retest was conducted 2 weeks after the first interview/form completion for the follow-up group. The intraclass correlation coefficients of the two questionnaires were moderate to high in the follow-up group. Cronbach's α coefficients of all scales of the two questionnaires were ?0.70 except that of cognitive functioning. Correlation of scales measuring similar dimensions of the QLQ-C30 and the SF-36 were moderate to high, while that of the QLQ-H&N35 and the QLQ-C30 and the SF-36 were moderate to low. Patients in the active treatment group had more serious acute problems due to disease and chemotherapy. Patients in the follow-up group had more serious chronic problems due to radiation therapy. We concluded that the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and the EORTC QLQ-H&N35 had moderate to high test-retest reliability, high internal consistency in most scales, and could show the expected differences between patients in active treatment and follow-up group.
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Other Subjects
antineoplastic agent; adult; anorexia; article; cancer chemotherapy; cancer radiotherapy; clinical article; cognition; constipation; controlled study; correlation coefficient; female; follow up; human; interview; male; nasopharynx carcinoma; nausea; priority journal; quality of life; questionnaire; radiation injury; reliability; validation process; vomiting; Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms; Pilot Projects; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Sickness Impact Profile; Taiwan
Type
journal article