Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
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Asian Pac. J. Cancer Prev. · Oct 2007
Validation study of a quality of life (QOL) questionnaire for use in Iran.
Recently, it has been recognized that a more comprehensive assessment of the cancer patient is necessary and that the evaluation of outcomes must move beyond traditional biomedical endpoints to include assessments of the impact of disease and its treatment on patients' quality of life. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer has developed a 30-item quality of life questionnaire to obtain information about the impact of disease and treatment on the daily living of cancer patients. This questionnaire has been translated into many languages and used in various countries. However, version 3.0 has not yet been validated for use with Iranian patients. The aims of the present study were therefore to evaluate the reliability and validity of the new QLQ-C30 questionnaire. ⋯ The Iranian version of EORTC QLQC30 is a reliable and valid QOL measure for cancer patients which indicates that it can be used in clinical and epidemiological cancer research.
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Asian Pac. J. Cancer Prev. · Jan 2007
Marital status and having children and mortality in the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer (JACC).
Marital status has been identified as an important social factor associated with mortality. Interesting results were obtained in the present analyses of the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study. ⋯ Divorce or separation was positively associated with risks from all causes among men and women, all cancers among women, and single status was also positively associated with risks from all causes among men and women, and ischemic heart diseases among men. Having large numbers of children was also found to be a risk factor.