The EORTC Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire: Interim Results of an International Field Study *

Neil K. Aaronson , Sam H. Ahmedzai , Monika Bullinger , Neil K. Aaronson , Sam H. Ahmedzai , Monika Bullinger , Dirk Crabeels , Jorge Estapè , A. Filiberti , Hans‐Henning Flechtner , Ulrich Frick , Christoph Hürny , S. Kaasa , M. Klee , Miroslav Mastilica , David Osoba , Bettina Pfausler , Darius Razavi , Peter B. C. Rofe , S Schraub , Marianne Sullivan
2021 158 citations

Abstract

In 1980, in an effort to bridge the gap between physicians and behavioral scientists working in the cancer field in Europe, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) created a Study Group on Quality of Life. A principal function of this group was to serve as a liaison to the various EORTC clinical cooperative groups, providing advice on the design, implementation, and analysis of quality-of-life substudies within selective phase III clinical trials. Much of the early discussion in the EORTC Study Group focused on the relative merits of employing a generic vs. disease-specific approach to quality of life assessment. Given the paucity of well-validated cancer-specific questionnaires, the Study Group elected to embark on the long-term process of instrument development. In order to investigate the psychometric properties and cross-cultural performance of the core questionnaire, a field study was initiated with participants from 15 countries, including most of the Western European countries as well as Australia, Canada, and Japan.

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InterimQuality of life (healthcare)Clinical trialFamily medicinePsychologyMedicineQuality (philosophy)Medical educationPolitical scienceNursingPathology

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2021
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Neil K. Aaronson, Sam H. Ahmedzai, Monika Bullinger et al. (2021). The EORTC Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire: Interim Results of an International Field Study *. , 185-203. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003068648-14

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