1. Domains of quality of life freely expressed by cancer patients and their caregivers: contribution of the SEIQoL
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Olivier Chinot, Karine Baumstarck, Fabrice Barlesi, Sébastien Salas, Tanguy Leroy, Pascal Auquier, Zeinab Hamidou, Carcinogénèse épithéliale : facteurs prédictifs et pronostiques - UFC (EA 3181) (CEF2P / CARCINO), Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon), Santé Publique et maladies Chroniques : Qualité de vie Concepts, Usages et Limites, Déterminants (SPMC), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Département de neurooncologie, Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE), Oncologie multidisciplinaire et innovations thérapeutiques [Hôpital Nord - APHM], Aix Marseille Université (AMU)- Hôpital Nord [CHU - APHM]-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Centre de Recherches en Oncologie biologique et Oncopharmacologie (CRO2), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)- Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Groupe de Recherche en Psychologie Sociale (GRePS), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2), Carcinogénèse épithéliale : facteurs prédictifs et pronostiques - UFC (UR 3181) (CEF2P / CARCINO), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)- Hôpital Nord [CHU - APHM], Aix Marseille Université (AMU)- Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Carcinogénèse épithéliale : facteurs prédictifs et pronostiques - UFC ( CEF2P / CARCINO ), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Besançon] ( CHRU Besançon ) -Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté ( UBFC ) -Université de Franche-Comté ( UFC ), Santé Publique et maladies Chroniques : Qualité de vie Concepts, Usages et Limites, Déterminants ( SPMC ), Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ) -Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille ( APHM ), Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] ( TIMONE ), Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ) -Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille ( APHM ) - Hôpital Nord [CHU - APHM], Centre de Recherches en Oncologie biologique et Oncopharmacologie ( CRO2 ), Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ) - Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] ( TIMONE ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Groupe de Recherche en Psychologie Sociale ( GRePS ), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 ( UL2 ), and Greps, Laboratoire
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Male ,Cross-sectional study ,MEDLINE ,[SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology ,psychology ,lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,[SHS.PSY] Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology ,03 medical and health sciences ,[ SHS.PSY ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,Neoplasms ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Mental Composite Score ,medicine ,cancer ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient ,Quality of Life Research ,Aged ,business.industry ,Global Health Status Scale ,Research ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Cancer ,health ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,humanities ,3. Good health ,Large sample ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Caregivers ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Quality of Life ,lcsh:R858-859.7 ,Female ,business ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Background The purposes of this study, performed on a large sample of cancer patient-caregiver dyads, were: i) to simultaneously investigate, using an individualized quality of life (QoL) measure (Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual QoL, SEIQoL), the QoL domains freely expressed by cancer patients and their caregivers, and ii) to explore overlapping between the SEIQoL assessment and QoL assessment using traditional instruments. Methods The study employed a cross-sectional design including cancer patients who were going to receive chemotherapy treatment and their caregivers. Quality of life was assessed using condition-specific questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C30 and CarGOQoL), generic health-related questionnaire (SF-36), and open individualized measure (SEIQoL). Results The final sample included 205 patient-caregiver dyads. From the SEIQoL, Family, Health, and Leisures were the most freely expressed QoL domains by patients and caregivers, but reported with different weights. Love life and financial issues were less spontaneously mentioned. The SEIQoL index was moderately correlated to the condition-specific QoL questionnaires (R lower than |0.40|) and to SF-36 (correlation coefficients: R ranging from 0.17 to 0.31). Conclusion Individualized QoL measures allow individuals to spontaneously express important, non-predefined domains. This study highlights the need to explore QoL using a combination of individualized questionnaires and standardized questionnaires, capturing complementary facets that patients consider important in their life.
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- 2017