Validation of the English and Chinese versions of the Quick-FLIC quality of life questionnaire
| Autor: | Yin Bun Cheung, Goh C, Wee J, Julian Thumboo, Ng Gy, Khoo Ks |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Gerontology
Adult Male Cancer Research China shortening Intraclass correlation Correlation Quality of life Internal consistency Neoplasms Surveys and Questionnaires Clinical Studies Medicine Humans Translations Reliability (statistics) validation Performance status business.industry Context effect Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged Oncology quality of life Data quality bacteria Female business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1532-1827 0007-0920 |
| Popis: | A useful measure of quality of life should be easy and quick to complete. Recently, we reported the development and validation of a shortened Chinese version of the Functional Living Index – Cancer (FLIC), which we called the Quick-FLIC. In the present study of 327 English-speaking and 221 Chinese-speaking cancer patients, we validated the English version of the Quick-FLIC and further assessed the Chinese version. The 11 Quick-FLIC items were administered alongside the 11 remaining items of the full FLIC, but there appeared to be little context effect. Validity of the English version of the Quick-FLIC was attested by its strong correlation with two other measures of quality of life, and its ability to detect differences between patients with different performance status and treatment status (each P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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