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Comparison of EORTC quality of life core questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30) and gastrointestinal quality of life index (GIQLI) in patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer resection
- Source :
- International journal of colorectal disease. 19(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- EORTC-QLQ-C30 questionnaires and GIQLI questionnaires are used to evaluate post-operative quality of life (QoL). It was not clear whether results of both instruments are comparable. Therefore, the level of agreement between both QoL questionnaires was evaluated in patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer resection. Pre-operatively, 7 and 30 days after surgery 116 patients answered the EORTC-QLQ-C-30 and the GIQLI questionnaires in random order. Individual questions with similar content from each questionnaire were compared. Data for global QoL, physical (PF), emotional (EF) and social function (SF) were linearly transformed to fit a scale from 0 to 100. Data from the two instruments were correlated and the level of agreement between them was calculated according to the method of Bland and Altman. A total of 308 data sets [(pre-op. n=116; 7th pod n=101; 30th post-operative day (pod) n=91)] were evaluated. Both instruments detected a reversible reduction of QoL after surgery and gave inferior results for patients with conditions known to impair QoL. EORTC-QLQ-C30 was more sensitive than GIQLI. The correlation between the two questionnaires for global QoL, PF and EF was good (r=0.53–0.66, p
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Colorectal cancer
Gastroenterology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Resection
Quality of life
Internal medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Humans
In patient
Prospective Studies
Aged
Core (anatomy)
business.industry
Eortc qlq c30
Reproducibility of Results
Perioperative
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
humanities
Elective Surgical Procedures
Social function
Quality of Life
Regression Analysis
Female
business
Colorectal Neoplasms
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01791958
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of colorectal disease
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4774b9a917dd2087155dea3e7ce0f8bc