caa a22 4500 477085008 CHVBK 20180405111501.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00433915 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00433915 Multilingual translation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) quality of life measurement system [Elektronische Daten] [A. Bonomi, D. Cella, E. Hahn, K. Bjordal, B. Sperner-Unterweger, L. Gangeri, B. Bergman, J. Willems-Groot, P. Hanquet, R. Zittoun] There is need for multilingual cross-culturally valid quality of life (QOL) instrumentation to assess the QOL endpoint in international oncology clinical trials. We therefore initiated a multilingual translation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) Quality of Life Measurement System (Version 3) into the following languages: Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish. Prior to this project, the FACT Measurement System was available in English, Spanish and Canadian French. The FACT is a self-report instrument which measures multidimensional QOL. The FACT (Version 3) evaluation system uses a 29-49 item compilation of a generic core (29 Likert-type items) and numerous subscales (9-20 items each) which reflect symptoms associated with different diseases, symptom complexes and treatments. The FACT-G (general version) and eight of 18 available cancer-related subscales were translated using an iterative forward-backward translation sequence. After subsequent review by 21 bilingual health professionals, all near final language versions underwent pretesting with a total of 95 patients in the native countries. Available results indicate good overall comprehensibility among native language-speakers. Equivalent foreign language versions of the FACT will permit QOL evaluation of people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Rapid Science Publisher, 1996 Cross-cultural methodology nationallicence quality of life assessment nationallicence translation nationallicence Bonomi A. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA aut Cella D. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush Cancer Institute, Chicago, IL, USA aut Hahn E. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush Cancer Institute, Chicago, IL, USA aut Bjordal K. Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway aut Sperner-Unterweger B. University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria aut Gangeri L. Instituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy aut Bergman B. Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteberg, Sweden aut Willems-Groot J. Department of Medical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Hanquet P. Hotel-Dieu, Paris, France aut Zittoun R. Hotel-Dieu, Paris, France aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(1996-06-01), 309-320 0962-9343 5:3<309 1996 5 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433915 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433915 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bonomi A. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cella D. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush Cancer Institute, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hahn E. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush Cancer Institute, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bjordal K. Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sperner-Unterweger B. University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gangeri L. Instituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bergman B. Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteberg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Willems-Groot J. Department of Medical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hanquet P. Hotel-Dieu, Paris, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zittoun R. Hotel-Dieu, Paris, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(1996-06-01), 309-320 0962-9343 5:3<309 1996 5 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer