Psychometric evaluation of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-PR25 for HRQOL assessment in prostate cancer patients

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Research

Yi-Chun Yeh¹  Hsueh-Chun Lin²  Jong-Yi Wang³  Hsi-Chin Wu⁴  Tsai-Chung Li⁵  Chih-Hung Chang⁶  Yu-Jun Chang⁷  Wen-Miin Liang⁸ 

[1] Biostatistics Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Department of Health Risk Management, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Department of Urology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan;School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Biostatistics Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 601, 60611, Chicago, IL, USA;Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 60611, Chicago, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 601IL, USA;Graduate Institute of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Epidemiology and Biostatistics Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan;Graduate Institute of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;Biostatistics Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;

关键词: EORTC QLQ-PR25;    Health-related quality of life;    Prostate cancer;    Rasch analysis;    Item response theory;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7525-10-96

 received in 2012-02-25, accepted in 2012-08-01,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo evaluate the psychometric properties of the Taiwan Chinese Version of the EORTC QLQ-PR25 health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire for patients with prostate cancer.Methods135 prostate cancer patients were recruited in the urology outpatient clinic of a university teaching hospital. Each patient completed the EORTC QLQ-PR25 at every clinic visit between 2004 and 2008, totaling 633 assessments. Confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis were used to evaluate the domain- and item-level psychometric properties.ResultsThe results supported the unidimensionality of each of the four EORTC QLQ-PR25 domains (urinary, bowel, and hormonal-treatment-related symptoms, and sexual functioning). Item calibrations for each domain were found invariant across the three assessment time periods. The item-person maps showed 71.3% of item coverage for the urinary symptoms domain and 13–42.7% for the other three domains.ConclusionsThe Taiwan Chinese Version of the EORTC QLQ-PR25 questionnaire is reliable and can be used to measure HRQOL over time. Adding new items to each domain may improve its clinical content coverage and measurement precision.

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