The Caregivers Quality of Life Cancer index scale (CQoLC): an exploratory factor analysis for validation in French cancer patients’ spouses
| Autor: | Stéphanie de Chalvron, Nadine Houede, Florence Cousson-Gélie, Anaïs Lafaye, Houchingue Eghbali |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Dynamique des capacités humaines et des conduites de santé (EPSYLON), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Personality Inventory Psychometrics [SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology White People 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient satisfaction Quality of life Neoplasms Surveys and Questionnaires Outcome Assessment Health Care Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Spouses Aged Language business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease Exploratory factor analysis 3. Good health Caregivers Patient Satisfaction 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Scale (social sciences) Quality of Life Female France Personality Assessment Inventory Factor Analysis Statistical business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Quality of Life Research Quality of Life Research, Springer Verlag, 2013, 22 (1), pp.119-122. ⟨10.1007/s11136-012-0113-y⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0962-9343 1573-2649 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11136-012-0113-y⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Caregivers Quality of Life Cancer index scale (CQoLC) in a sample of spouses of French cancer patients. Methods: The CQoLC, the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 12 (MOS SF-12) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were administered to 300 spouses aged 21–85 years. Clinical data such as severity of cancer, medical treatment and duration of illness were obtained from a review of medical records. Results: An exploratory factor analysis yielded a 23-item measure with one factor explaining 38.76% of the variance: labeled impairment of quality of life. The correlations between this factor and MOS SF-12 were negative for the physical component (ρ = −0.351, p < 0.001) and positive for the mental component (ρ = 0.184, p < 0.005). One-way ANOVA with STAI scores indicated good discriminant validity (F[2, 237] = 4.80, p < 0.01, η2 = 0.04). Participants with low anxiety had a better quality of life than those with moderate and high anxiety. Conclusions: The findings indicate that the CQoLC has sufficient validity and reliability to assess the impairment of quality of life in spouses of French cancer patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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