• Health Qual Life Out · Jan 2004

    The "Palliative Care Quality of Life Instrument (PQLI)" in terminal cancer patients.

    • Kyriaki Mystakidou, Eleni Tsilika, Vassilios Kouloulias, Efi Parpa, Emmanuela Katsouda, John Kouvaris, and Lambros Vlahos.
    • Pain Relief & Palliative Care Unit, Department of Radiology, Korinthias 27, 11526 Athens, Greece. mistakidou@yahoo.com
    • Health Qual Life Out. 2004 Jan 1;2:8.

    BackgroundThis paper describes the development of a new quality of life instrument in advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care.MethodsThe Palliative Care Quality of Life Instrument incorporates six multi-item and one single-item scale. The questionnaire was completed at baseline and one-week after. The final sample consisted of 120 patients.ResultsThe average time required to complete the questionnaire, in both time points, was approximately 8 minutes. All multi-item scales met the minimal standards for reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient > or =.70) either before or during palliative treatment. Test-retest reliability in terms of Spearman-rho coefficient was also satisfactory (p < 0.05). Validity was demonstrated by inter-item correlations, comparisons with ECOG performance status, factor analysis, criterion-related validation, and correlations with the Assessment of Quality of Life in Palliative Care Instrument (AQEL), and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30, version 3.0).ConclusionThe PQLI is a reliable and valid measure for the assessment of quality of life in patients with advanced stage cancer.

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