Validation of the Spanish Versions of FACIT-PAL and FACIT-PAL-14 in Palliative Patients.

ABSTRACT: Palliative patients require several types of care to improve their quality of life as much as possible, and valid and reliable assessment instruments are essential. The objective of this study is the Spanish validation of the Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative Care (FACIT-PAL) and its abbreviated version, FACIT-PAL-14, in palliative care patients. FACIT-PAL and FACIT-PAL-14 were translated into Spanish and administered to 131 terminal oncology patients in home palliative care units, hospital palliative care units, health center teams, and social health centers. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer questionnaire, EORTC-QLQ-C15-PAL version, was used to evaluate the criterion validity. The EORTC-QLQ-C15-PAL was employed as a "gold standard", and

SUBMITTER: Moldon-Ballesteros E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9518596 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature