Psychosocial Consequences of Cancer Cachexia: The Development of an Item Bank

Abstract

The final item bank contains questions that are understood and accepted by the patients. This item bank now needs to be developed into a measurement tool that groups items into domains and can be used in future research studies.

Toward a holistic understanding of cancer cachexia: Application of the human response to illness model

“…Recognizing that the alleviation of psychosocial consequences is predicated on their identification, Häne et al. 74 systematically developed an item bank of 117 questions related to the domains of patient, partner, couple, family, social, existential, physical, and emotional distress. Despite its small sample size ( n = 20) and overrepresentation of male and inpatients, the findings of this study provides clinicians with direction about salient questions to ask when assessing the psychosocial impact of cancer cachexia on the patient and family.…”