1994
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a058697
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Timing of baseline quality of life assessment in an international adjuvant breast cancer trial: Its effect on patient self-estimation

Abstract: Timing of QL assessment in relation to diagnosis affects global adjustment measures; timing in relation to chemotherapy affects measures sensitive to toxicity. Timing is an important consideration in study conduct and data analysis.

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“…However, this questionnaire has not yet been checked and validated against any common instrument to evaluate quality of life in cancer patients. The timing of filling out a quality of life questionnaire is important for accuracy and precision of the results [43]. For this reason selfregulation was not simply assessed by handing out the questionnaire to a patient and waiting until it was completed, but after leading a standardized interview session with an open discourse in which the patient could talk about her positive and negative experiences and her reactions to them for half an hour.…”
Section: Self-regulationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, this questionnaire has not yet been checked and validated against any common instrument to evaluate quality of life in cancer patients. The timing of filling out a quality of life questionnaire is important for accuracy and precision of the results [43]. For this reason selfregulation was not simply assessed by handing out the questionnaire to a patient and waiting until it was completed, but after leading a standardized interview session with an open discourse in which the patient could talk about her positive and negative experiences and her reactions to them for half an hour.…”
Section: Self-regulationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…German-speaking patients from Switzerland and Germany were combined because there were only 14 from Germany. (Hurny et al, 1994). In this analysis.…”
Section: L Assessmentmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…These patients were presumably aware of their assigned treatment. The baseline scores may reflect an anticipation of cytotoxic side effects or perception of worse health status, as described for indicators of QL and health status and for preference measures (Hürny et al, 1994;Hürny et al, 1996b;Jansen et al, 2001b). To eliminate any differential anticipatory effects on baseline scores in future studies, we have introduced a completed QL form as an eligibility criterion.…”
Section: Quality Of Lifementioning
confidence: 99%