caa a22 4500 475847067 CHVBK 20180406123917.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1016674507150 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1016674507150 The EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire-Head and Neck 35 in Italian Laryngectomized Patients [Elektronische Daten] [P. Zotti, D. Lugli, E. Vaccher, G. Vidotto, G. Franchin, L. Barzan] The aim of this study was to test the validity and reliability of the European organization for research and treatment of cancer (EORTC) quality of life questionnaire (QLQ)-head and neck (H&N) 35 in Italian laryngeal cancer patients. The original questionnaire was developed by the EORTC quality of life (QoL) study group and tested in H&N cancer patients from Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands. The Italian translation of the questionnaire used in this study was made by a team of the CRO, National Cancer Institute, using a double-back translation method between independent translators. The translated EORTC QLQ-H&N35 was given to 99 patients with H&N cancer who had undergone total laryngectomy 1-26 years before and had been then treated with radiotherapy and, in some cases, chemotherapy. The questionnaire was re-administrated to 33 patients after 1 month to test its stability over time. It was structurally made up of seven scales (pain, swallowing, sense, speech, social eating, social contact, and sexuality) and 11 single items that considered the most important clinical aspects characterizing the QoL in H&N cancer patients. The statistical analysis of the indexes of validity and reliability confirmed the results obtained with other linguistic versions of the questionnaire. Our Italian version of the EORTC QLQ-H&N35 proved to be a statistically valid instrument to assess QoL in laryngectomized patients. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Assessment nationallicence EORTC QLQ-H&N35 nationallicence Laryngeal cancer nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Questionnaire nationallicence Validation nationallicence Zotti P. Psychology Group, Italy aut Lugli D. Psychology Group, Italy aut Vaccher E. Operative Unit of Medical Oncology, CRO-IRCSS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN) aut Vidotto G. Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua aut Franchin G. Operative Unit of Medical Oncology, CRO-IRCSS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN) aut Barzan L. Operative Unit of Medical Oncology, CRO-IRCSS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN) aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/10(2000-12-01), 1147-1153 0962-9343 9:10<1147 2000 9 11136 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016674507150 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016674507150 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zotti P. Psychology Group, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lugli D. Psychology Group, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vaccher E. Operative Unit of Medical Oncology, CRO-IRCSS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vidotto G. Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Franchin G. Operative Unit of Medical Oncology, CRO-IRCSS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Barzan L. Operative Unit of Medical Oncology, CRO-IRCSS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/10(2000-12-01), 1147-1153 0962-9343 9:10<1147 2000 9 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer