The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: development and validation of the general measure.

Cella, David; Tulsky, David S.; Gray, Geoffrey V.; Sarafian, Bernie; Linn, Elizabeth; Bonomi, Amy E.; Silberman, Margaret; Yellen, Suzanne B.; Winicour, Patsy; Brannon, Judy

doi:10.1200/jco.1993.11.3.570

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“…3 * Generic questionnaires are designed to be used across a variety of different disease states and in healthy individuals. Most generic QoL questionnaires (for example, the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy General scale 4 ) contain items addressing four core areas (physical, psychological/ emotional, social and occupational well-being). * Disease-targeted instruments (for example, the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate scale, FACT-P 5 ) supplement generic items with additional 'domains' specific to the group being investigated.…”

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Measuring the individual quality of life of patients with prostate cancer

Stone

Matar

et al. 2008

Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis

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Prostate cancer can have diverse effects on patients' quality of life (QoL). Standard QoL questionnaires do not address all of the concerns expressed by such patients. The primary purpose of this study was to identify those issues with the greatest influence on the QoL of patients with prostate cancer. A secondary aim was to compare the performance of the Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life-Direct Weighting (SEIQoL-DW) semi-structured interview with the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate questionnaire (FACT-P). A mixed population of patients with prostate cancer (including those with localized and metastatic disease) completed the SEIQoL-DW and the FACT-P. The SEIQoL-DW was satisfactorily completed by 180 patients, including 93 patients with metastatic disease. Patients identified 144 separate QoL concerns, and these were then independently grouped by three of the authors into 13 distinct themes. The most frequently identified themes were 'leisure and hobbies', 'family' and 'health'. The themes that patients considered to be the most important were 'partner/spouse', 'family' and 'health'. Patients were most satisfied with their QoL in the domains of 'family', 'partner/spouse' and 'friends'. They were least satisfied with 'sexuality', 'mobility' and 'psychological factors'. Patients with metastatic disease rated their QoL significantly (Po0.0001) lower than other patients using the FACT-P, but not using the SEIQoL-DW (P ¼ 0.07). Patients with prostate cancer identified numerous QoL concerns that are not included (or are underrepresented) in standard health-related QoL questionnaires such as the FACT-P. Health-related QoL questionnaires may underestimate the QoL of patients with metastatic disease.

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Measuring the individual quality of life of patients with prostate cancer

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Matar

et al. 2008

Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis

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“…[16][17][18] Others used judgement analysis to measure the patient's most important areas of QoL. 19,20 However, the extent to which the dimensions themselves assess QoL is yet unknown.…”

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et al. 1998

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The objective of this study was to examine the structure of disease-specific quality of life (QoL). Models of QoL with either one overall construct or more constructs were tested and the relationships (factor loadings) between the constructs and dimensions were established, using structural equation modelling. The models were tested over time to assess the stability of the structure. To generalize the results further, disease-specific questionnaires of two very different chronic diseases have been compared: inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Questionnaires were mailed in 1994 and a repeated measurement was conducted in 1995. Data were obtained from 222 IBD patients and 235 PD patients. The results show that for both diseases, diseasespecific QoL can be considered as one construct. The stability over time of the structure of the QoL models was satisfactory. In PD the factor loadings between the dimensions and QoL were within a small range and remained the same over time, while in IBD, the factor loadings had a larger range and fluctuated more. These results imply that one meaningful sum score can be obtained from these questionnaires.Qual Life Res 7: [135][136][137][138][139][140][141][142]

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“…The Functional Analysis of Cancer Therapy--Breast Cancer (FACT-B) 34 has 29 items rated for the last week (0-not at all--4-very much) with six subscales. Breast-cancerspecific well-being (BSW) was our primary outcome (α=0.66), and trial-outcome index (TOI:…”

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Peer‐counseling for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer: A randomized community/research collaboration trial

Giese‐Davis

Bliss-Isberg

Wittenberg

et al. 2016

Cancer

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Precis:In an RCT, compared to controls, a peer-counseling intervention significantly improved quality of life and maintained marital adjustment in breast cancer patients. Having a peer counselor may prevent or improve psychosocial morbidity following diagnosis. Page 2 of 31 CancerThis article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Accepted ArticlePeer Counseling for Breast Cancer 3 Abstract Background: We conducted a randomized trial of peer counseling for newly diagnosed breast

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The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: development and validation of the general measure.

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