Open AccessAdaptation of a quality of life questionnaire for Iranian patients with esophageal cancer
Author(s) -
Mojgan Forootan,
Morteza Tabatabaeefar,
Nakisa Maghsoodi,
Maryam Ardeshiri,
M. Fatemi,
Hormat Rahimzadeh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.132629
Subject(s) - medicine , cronbach's alpha , discriminant validity , quality of life (healthcare) , reliability (semiconductor) , intraclass correlation , clinical psychology , validity , psychometrics , internal consistency , nursing , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Evaluation of quality of life is very important in cancer patients. Esophagus-specific quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-OES18) is a disease-specific questionnaire for assessing quality of life in esophageal cancer (EC). So we aimed to translate and evaluate the reliability and validity of the QLQ-OES18 when applied to Iranian patients.