Quality of Life of Pancreatic Cancer Patients:Psychometric Validation of Chinese Version in Taiwan

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study will investigate the reliability and validity of Chinese version of the quality of life scale in EORTC QLQ-PAN26 and EORTC QLQ-C30 on pancreatic cancer patients in Taiwan

Detailed Description
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Verify the reliability and validity of Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 Quality of Life Scale and the chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-PAN26 Quality of Life Scale. Verify the construct validity of the Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-PAN26 Quality of Life Scale, perform factor analysis, test-retest reliability, and known group validity Verify the criterion related validity of Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 Quality of Life Scale and the SF-36 Quality of Life Scale

Official Title
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Quality of Life of Pancreatic Cancer Patients:Psychometric Validation of Chinese Version of the EORTC QLQ-PAN26 and EORTC QLQ-C30 in Taiwan

Conditions
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Pancreatic Cancer

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Questionnaire


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Paitent who aged over 20, with clear consciousness, is capable of communicating with Chinese. Pancreatic Cancer patients(stage I.II.III.IV) The subject who agrees and is willing to participate in the research after explaining the purpose of the research. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient who is younger than 20 years old, illiterate, or is unable to cooperate with intervention measures.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 20 Years
Maximum Age: 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: Questionnaire|Psychometric Validation of Chinese Version of the EORTC QLQ-PAN26 and EORTC QLQ-C30 in Taiwan|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30 ) | This scale was evaluated by self-assessment of various clinical problems for a week.The EORTC QLQ-C30 consists three subscales with 30 questions.The EORTC QLQ-C30 included three subscales: functioning scales (15questions), symptom scales (13 questions), and global health status (2questions). The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.52-0.89. About the functional scale and the global health status, the higher the total score, the better the quality of life; the lower the score in the symptom scale, the better the quality of life. | baseline | 
| Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 ) | This scale was evaluated by self-assessment of various clinical problems for a week.The EORTC QLQ-PAN26 consists of two subscales with 26 questions.The EORTC QLQ-PAN26 included two subscales：functioning scales (4 questions),symptom scales (22 questions). The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.69-0.97. About the functional scale, the higher the total score, the better the quality of life; the lower the score in the symptom scale, the better the quality of life. | baseline | 
| Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 ) | This scale was evaluated by self-assessment of various clinical problems for a week.The EORTC QLQ-PAN26 consists of two subscales with 26 questions.The EORTC QLQ-PAN26 included two subscales：functioning scales (4 questions),symptom scales (22 questions). The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.69-0.97. About the functional scale, the higher the total score, the better the quality of life; the lower the score in the symptom scale, the better the quality of life. | 2nd or 3rd week after recruited | 
| Quality of Life(SF-36) | This scale was evaluated by self-assessment of various clinical problems for a month.The SF-36 included eight subscales.The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.57. | baseline | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Quality of life, Psychometric Validation