The internal and external responsiveness of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) and Short Form-12 Health Survey version 2 (SF-12 v2) in patients with prostate cancer

• Published in: Quality of life research Vol. 25; no. 9; pp. 2379 - 2397
• Main Authors: Choi, Edmond P. H., Wong, Carlos K. H., Wan, Eric Y. F., Tsu, James H. L., Chin, W. Y., Kung, Kenny, Yiu, M. K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer 01.09.2016; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Cancer therapies; Clinical trials; Emotional distress; Epidemiology; Health Surveys; Humans; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; P values; Patients; Performance evaluation; Prospective Studies; Prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology; Public Health; Quality of life; Quality of Life Research; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Range improvement; Sickness Impact Profile; Sociology; Standard deviation; Standard scores; Surveys and Questionnaires; T tests; Wellbeing; Responsiveness; Health-related quality of life; Instrument; SF-12; FACT-P; Chinese; Prostate cancer

Purpose To examine the responsiveness of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) and Short Form-12 Health Survey version 2 (SF-12 v2) in prostate cancer patients because there is a lack of evidence to support their responsiveness in this patient population. Methods One hundred sixt...