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Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Palliative Care (FACIT-Pal) in Patients With Advanced Cancer.
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Journal of Pain & Symptom Management . Jan2024, Vol. 67 Issue 1, pe8-e15. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative Care (FACIT-Pal) has been widely used in assessing the quality of life (QOL) of patients with life-limiting illness. However, the Chinese version of the FACIT-Pal has not been psychometrically validated yet. The purpose of this study was to psychometrically validate the FACIT-Pal in Chinese patients with advanced cancer. 160 patients with advanced cancer in mainland China participated in this cross-sectional study. The scalability of the instrument was determined by the item-total correlations and the reliability was tested by examining the Cronbach's alpha coefficients. The construct and concurrent validity of the FACIT-Pal were also examined. The item-total correlation coefficients ranged from 0.25 to 0.72 (P <.01). Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the Chinese version of the FACIT-Pal was 0.94, ranging from 0.78 to 0.89 for subscales. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) results provided support for the measurement structure of the 26-item Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the 19-item palliative care subscale identified five factors accounting for 62.21% of the total variance. Total/subscale scores of the FACIT-Pal were positively correlated with that of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being 12 Item Scale (FACIT-Sp-12) (r = 0.338–0.811, P <.01), as well as with the Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) scores (r = 0.163–0.273, P <.05), except for the correlation between social/family well-being subscale score and KPS score. The Chinese version of the FACIT-Pal demonstrates desirable psychometric properties for evaluating QOL in Chinese patients with advanced cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08853924
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Pain & Symptom Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174688515
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.09.020