Validation of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-CR29 to assess quality of life in colorectal cancer patients.

Ming Hung Shen,Ling-Ping Chen,Thien-Fiew Ho,Ying-Yih Shih,Ching Shui Huang,Wei-Chu Chie,Chi Cheng Huang

Validation of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-CR29 to assess quality of life in colorectal cancer patients.

2018

Ming Hung Shen
Ling-Ping Chen
Thien-Fiew Ho
Ying-Yih Shih
Ching Shui Huang
Wei-Chu Chie
Chi Cheng Huang

Background The increasing incidence of colorectal cancer in Taiwan has generated a need for a disease-specific quality-of-life measuring instrument. We aimed to validate the Taiwan Chinese version of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CR29.

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Cancer
Cancer research
Medicine
Public health surveillance
Young adult
Colorectal cancer
Family medicine
Surgical oncology
Quality of life
ECOG Performance Status
Performance status
Bristol stool scale
Cronbach's alpha
Pathology
Pain scale
Discriminant validity
Physical therapy

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