OBJECTIVE: Define and establish the reference values of the CAVIPRES-30 Questionnaire, a health related quality of life questionnaire specific for prostate cancer patients.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: The CAVIPRES-30 was administered to 2,630 males with prostate cancer included by 238 Urologist belonging to the Spanish National Healthcare System. Descriptive analysis on socio-demographic and clinical data were performed, and multivariate analyses were used to corroborate that stratification variables were statistically significantly and independently associated to the overall score of the questionnaire.
RESULTS: The variables Time since diagnosis of the illness, whether the patient had a Stable partner or not, if he was, or not, undergoing Symptomatic treatment were statistically significantly and independently associated (P< .001) to the overall score of the questionnaire. The reference values table of the CAVIPRES-30 questionnaire is made up of different kinds of information of each patient profile: sample size, descriptive statistics with regard to the overall score, Cronbach's alpha value (between .791 and .875) and the questionnaire's values are reported by deciles.
CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study contribute new proof as to the suitability and usefulness of the CAVIPRES-30 questionnaire as an instrument for assessing individually the quality of life of prostate cancer.
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Gómez-Veiga F, Silmi-Moyano A, Günthner S, Puyol-Pallas M, Cózar-Olmo JM. Are you the author?
Servicio de Urología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, A Coruña, España.
Reference: Actas Urol Esp. 2013 Oct 29. pii: S0210-4806(13)00329-X.
doi: 10.1016/j.acuro.2013.09.003
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24183473
Article in English, Spanish.
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