Measuring health-related quality of life in cervical cancer patients: a systematic review of the most used questionnaires and their validity

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• 作者：Casper Tax ; Marlie E. Steenbergen…
• 关键词：HRQoL ; Cervical cancer ; Psychometric properties ; Validity
• 刊名：BMC Medical Research Methodology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：668KB
• 刊物主题：Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Statistical Theory and Methods; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2288
• 卷排序：17

文摘

BackgroundData on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is paramount for shared and evidence based decision-making. Since an overview of cervical cancer HRQoL tools and their validity appears to be lacking, we performed a systematic review on usage of disease specific HRQoL instruments in cervical cancer patients and their psychometric properties to identify the most suitable cervical cancer specific HRQoL tool.