Open AccessDo Cohabitants Reliably Complete Questionnaires for Patients in a Terminal Cancer Stage when Assessing Quality of Life, Pain, Depression, and Anxiety?
Author(s) -
Olivier Q. Groot,
Nuno Rui Paulino Pereira,
Michiel E R Bongers,
Paul T. Ogink,
Erik T. Newman,
JorritJan Verlaan,
Kevin A. Raskin,
Santiago Lozano-Calderón,
Joseph H. Schwab
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001525
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , quality of life (healthcare) , depression (economics) , physical therapy , population , patient reported outcomes measurement information system , psychiatry , psychometrics , clinical psychology , computerized adaptive testing , nursing , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
Patients with bone metastases often are unable to complete quality of life (QoL) questionnaires, and cohabitants (such as spouses, domestic partners, offspring older than 18 years, or other people who live with the patient) could be a reliable alternative. However, the extent of reliability in this complicated patient population remains undefined, and the influence of the cohabitant's condition on their assessment of the patient's QoL is unknown.