Preliminary testing of the Long-Term Quality of Life (LTQL) instrument for female cancer survivors.
The purpose of this study was to develop a quality of life instrument for longterm female cancer survivors. A factor analysis (n = 188) of 34 items resulted in the Long-Term Quality of Life (LTQL) instrument. Internal consistency was high for the four subscales: somatic concerns (alpha = .86), spiri...
| Published in: | Journal of Nursing Measurement Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 153 - 171 |
|---|---|
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Published: |
Springer Publishing Company, Inc.
Winter1996
|
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107327605&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107327605 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10613749 Z2O jtl: Journal of Nursing Measurement issn: 10613749 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Winter1996 vid: 4 iid: 2 pid: 8953 pub: Springer Publishing Company, Inc. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 107327605 107327605 1997025349 NLM9170782 107327605 ppf: 153 ppct: 18 formats: tig: atl: Preliminary testing of the Long-Term Quality of Life (LTQL) instrument for female cancer survivors. aug: au: Wyatt G Kurtz ME Friedman LL Given B Given CW affil: Michigan State University, College of Nursing, East Lansing, MI 48824 sug: subj: Cancer Survivors Quality of Life Instrument Validation Research Instruments Funding Source Factor Analysis Construct Validity Content Validity Validation Studies Instrument Construction Descriptive Statistics Registries, Disease Quality of Life Evaluation Data Analysis Software Sampling Error Coefficient alpha Concurrent Validity Multitrait-Multimethod Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Female Human Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Female ab: The purpose of this study was to develop a quality of life instrument for longterm female cancer survivors. A factor analysis (n = 188) of 34 items resulted in the Long-Term Quality of Life (LTQL) instrument. Internal consistency was high for the four subscales: somatic concerns (alpha = .86), spiritual/philosophical views of life (alpha = .87), fitness (alpha = .92), and social support (alpha = .88). These four factors are congruent with Ferrell's four theoretical domains of quality of fife developed for women with breast cancer. Content validity was supported through interrater agreement of subscale items. Significant correlations between the LTQL and the CaRES, an established measure of quality of life, support the concurrent validity of the LTQL Construct validity was supported by differential subscale scores according to demographic and health status data. Although the LTQL retained all of Ferrell's four domains of quality of life (physical, psychological, social, and spiritual) within one instrument, individual items reconfigured to suggest an overlapping of domains for the long-term female cancer survivor. This research suggests that the LTQL warrants further testing and may be a useful measure of quality of life in long-term female cancer survivors. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|