caa a22 4500 477085210 CHVBK 20180405111501.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00434748 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00434748 Measurement of quality of life in women with breast cancer. Development of a Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LSQ-32) and a comparison with the EORTC QLQ-C30 [Elektronische Daten] [M. Carlsson, E. Hamrin] The purpose was to develop and validate a new instrument suitable for measuring perceived quality of life in women with breast cancer. The instrument is to be used within conventional cancer therapy as well as in complementary care, and is called the LSQ-32 (Life Satisfaction Questionnaire). The subjects were 362 women with breast cancer in all cancer stages. Cronbach's α reliability coefficient of the LSQ was 0.89. The construct validity was estimated by a principal component analysis. Six orthogonal factors were identified: (1) ‘Quality of family relation', (2) ‘Physical symptoms', (3) ‘Socioeconomic situation', (4) ‘Quality of daily activities', (5) ‘Sickness impact' and (6) ‘Quality of close friend relation'. The criterion-related validity was estimated by comparing the LSQ-32 and the EORTC QLQ-C30. The scales/items of the EORTC QLQ-C30 were represented in the LSQ-32, but the factors ‘Quality of family relation' and ‘Quality of close friend relation' were not found in the EORTC QLQ-C30. It was concluded that the LSQ-32 as well as the EORTC QLQ-C30 are valuable tools in the measurement of quality of life in women with breast cancer. The LSQ-32, however, also contains an existential factor. Rapid Science Publishers, 1996 Breast cancer nationallicence psychometry nationallicence quality of life nationallicence QOL-assessment nationallicence Carlsson M. Center for Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Glunten, S-751 83, Uppsala, Sweden aut Hamrin E. Department of Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, S-581 85, Linköping, Sweden aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/2(1996-04-01), 265-274 0962-9343 5:2<265 1996 5 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00434748 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00434748 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carlsson M. Center for Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Glunten, S-751 83, Uppsala, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hamrin E. Department of Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, S-581 85, Linköping, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/2(1996-04-01), 265-274 0962-9343 5:2<265 1996 5 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer