Numeric QoL Rating Scale from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (QLQ-C30)
Description: The QLQ-C30 assesses quality of life (QoL) in cancer patients [1].
Format: The QLQ-C30 contains 30 items addressing different dimensions of functioning, as well as concrete symptoms. It includes 9 subscales and 6 single items: 5 functioning sub-scales (physical, role, mental, cognitive, and social functioning), 3 symptom sub-scales (fatigue, nausea/vomiting, and pain), one global QoL sub-scale, and six single items (dyspnea, sleep disturbance, appetite loss, constipation, diarrhea, and financial impact).
Scoring: Each item is scored on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much).
Administration and Burden: Not available.
Psychometrics for SCI: Not available; With regard to cancer patients, the internal consistency reliability indexes (Cronbach’s alpha) have been reported as greater than .70 for all except the physical functioning and nausea and vomiting scales. In addition, the scale shows convergent validity, with most within-scale coefficients being higher than .40. Most of the higher item-scale correlations were found within scale, indicating that the scale has discriminant validity.
Languages: The QLQ-C30 has been translated and validated in 81 languages.
QoL Concept: The QLQ-C30 is a Health-Related QoL measure of Subjective Well-Being, which corresponds to Boxes C (achievements) and E (subjective evaluations and reactions) of Dijker’s Model.
Permissions/Where to Obtain: Copyrighted; The QLQ-C30 can be obtained by contacting the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer at http://groups.eortc.be/qol/questionnaires_qlqc30.htmand completing a download request.
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