Reliability and Validity of the Greek Version of the Oral Mucositis Weekly Questionnaire in the Head and Neck Cancer Context
| Autor: | Stephanie Thrasyvoulou, Melanie Charalambous, Nicos Katodritis, Dimitrios Vomvas, Andreas Charalambous, Theologia Tsitsi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Psychometrics medicine.medical_treatment Concurrent validity Context (language use) Medical and Health Sciences Oral mucositis Surveys and Questionnaires Validation Health Sciences medicine Criterion validity Mucositis Humans General Nursing Reliability (statistics) Aged OMWQ-HN Stomatitis Greece Radiotherapy business.industry Head and neck cancer Reproducibility of Results Cancer Cancer patients General Medicine Middle Aged Reliability medicine.disease Radiation therapy Cross-Sectional Studies Head and Neck Neoplasms Quality of Life Physical therapy Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nursing Measurement. :JNM-D |
| ISSN: | 1945-7049 1061-3749 |
| Popis: | Background and PurposeOral mucositis is one of the most common treatment-induced adverse side effects in head and neck cancer patients. The purpose was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Greek version of the Oral Mucositis Weekly Questionnaire-Head and Neck Cancer (OMWQ-HN).MethodsThe data were retrieved from 72 head and neck cancer patients who were undergoing oral radiotherapy as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy and surgery. Data analyses included internal consistency reliability, criterion related validity, and cross-sectional validity.ResultsThe OMWQ-HN demonstrated good criterion validity. Strong correlations were observed between OMWQ-HN with EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-H&N35 that showed good concurrent validity. The tool has a strong internal consistency index with α = .92.ConclusionThe Greek version of OMWQ-HN is a reliable and valid instrument that can be used for the assessment of oral mucositis in this context. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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