Evaluation of a short instrument for measuring health-related quality of life in oncological patients in routine care (HELP-6): an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Patient-reported outcomes have not been sufficiently implemented into the routine care of cancer patients because the existing instruments are often too long and complex or not cancer-specific. The aim of this study is the determination of psychometric properties and item reduction of a newly developed health-related quality of life (HrQoL) questionnaire for use in oncological clinical routines.

Methods

This observational study with a repeated measurements design included oncological inpatients and outpatients. A total of 630 patients participated at the first point of measurement and 404 at the second point of measurement. To evaluate the instrument, we conducted hierarchical confirmative factor analyses and for further validation correlated the resulting factors wi

SUBMITTER: Schrage T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10228503 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature