caa a22 4500 477085148 CHVBK 20180405111501.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00540021 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00540021 Assessment of the RSCL quality of life instrument during chemotherapy in an Italian setting [Elektronische Daten] [A. Ravaioli, P. Buda, C. Fava, E. Paci, A. Tononi, N. Riva, M. Zanotti, G. Drudi] Evaluation of the quality of life of oncological patients is now perceived as a major element of cancer treatment, and various instruments for measuring it have been proposed. However, whatever instrument is used must be capable of reflecting the different ways in which different contexts and cultures respond to cancer. We administered the Italian version of the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL) to 60 patients with advanced disease attending five oncological centres in Romagna (central Italy). The RSCL was found to be able to measure both psychological and physical well-being and to detect a difference between patients on low/medium and those on high-burden chemotherapy. The Italian version of the RSCL is an adequate scale that is capable of capturing patient perceptions and could be used for monitoring the quality of life of Italian patients participating in clinical trials. Rapid Science Publishers, 1996 Advanced cancer patients nationallicence chemotherapy nationallicence quality of life nationallicence Rotterdam Symptoms Checklist nationallicence Ravaioli A. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut Buda P. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut Fava C. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut Paci E. C.S.P.O., Firenze, Italy aut Tononi A. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut Riva N. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Forlì, Italy aut Zanotti M. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Ravenna, Italy aut Drudi G. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/5(1996-10-01), 491-495 0962-9343 5:5<491 1996 5 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540021 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540021 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ravaioli A. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Buda P. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fava C. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paci E. C.S.P.O., Firenze, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tononi A. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Riva N. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Forlì, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zanotti M. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Ravenna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Drudi G. Department of Oncology, Civil Hospital, Rimini, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/5(1996-10-01), 491-495 0962-9343 5:5<491 1996 5 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer