Development and validation of the patient roles and responsibilities scale in cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Patient Roles and Responsibilities Scale (PRRS) was developed to enable a broader evaluation of the impact of cancer and cancer treatment, measuring 'real world' roles and responsibilities such as caring for others and financial and employment responsibilities. Here, we report the development and initial validation.

Methods

The 29-item PRRS was developed from the thematic analysis of two interview studies with cancer patients and caregivers. In the evaluation study, participants completed the PRRS alongside the Social Difficulties Inventory (SDI), the main criterion measure for concurrent validity, and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General and WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) for additional convergent validity data. Questionnaires were compl

SUBMITTER: Shilling V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6208586 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature