201. Cross-cultural application of the Korean version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire cervical cancer module
- Author
-
Young Ho Yun, Yong Man Kim, Seok Ju Seong, Dong Wook Shin, Soon Do Cha, Byoung Gie Kim, Eunmi Ahn, Sokbom Kang, and Chan Yong Park
- Subjects
Adult ,Cross-Cultural Comparison ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,MEDLINE ,Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ,Quality of life ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Cross-cultural ,Humans ,Aged ,Gynecology ,Cervical cancer ,Korea ,business.industry ,Cancer ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Cross-cultural studies ,humanities ,Oncology ,Family medicine ,Quality of Life ,Female ,business ,Korean version - Abstract
Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Quality of Life questionnaire cervical cancer module (QLQ-CX24), developed by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). Methods: The EORTC QLQ-CX24 and the core questionnaire (the EORTC QLQ-C30) were administered to 860 Korean disease-free survivors of cervical cancer and 494 female control subjects from the general Korean population. The construct reliability and validity of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 questionnaire were assessed via factor analysis, multitrait scaling analyses and known group comparisons. Results: Factor structure of the Korean version of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 questionnaire agreed with the originally hypothesized scale structure. Scale reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s α coefficients for internal consistency, which ranged from 0.78 to 0.87. Convergent and discriminant validity was confirmed by multitrait scaling analysis, which revealed scaling errors of 0.9. The clinical validity of the Korean version of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 was demonstrated by the ability to discriminate among controls and patient subgroups of different stages, treatments and overall health status. Conclusions: The Korean version of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 was found to be a reliable and a valid measure of quality of life among survivors of cervical cancer when administered in a large survey setting.
- Published
- 2008