The development and validation of a patient-reported outcome measure to assess financial hardship among older cancer survivors in China: hardship and recovery with distress survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial hardship has been described as a patient's economic experiencefollowing cancer-related treatment. Standardized patient-reported outcome measures(PROM) to assess this distress has not been well-studied, especially among older cancer survivors.

Objective

The aim of this study was to develop and validate PROM for assessing the financial hardship of older cancer survivors in China.

Methods

Items were generated using qualitative interviews and literature review. Items were screened based on Delphi expert consultation and patients' opinions. Item response theory (IRT) and classical test theory (CTT) were used to help reduce items. Retained items formed a pilot instrument that was subjected to psychometric testing. A cut-off score for the new instrument

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10162643 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature