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01-02-2015 | Review

A methodological review of the Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) and its derivatives among breast cancer survivors

Auteurs: Charlene Treanor, Michael Donnelly

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 2/2015

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Abstract

Purpose

A systematic review of the validity, reliability and sensitivity of the Short Form (SF) health survey measures among breast cancer survivors.

Methods

We searched a number of databases for peer-reviewed papers. The methodological quality of the papers was assessed using the COnsenus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN).

Results

The review identified seven papers that assessed the psychometric properties of the SF-36 (n = 5), partial SF-36 (n = 1) and SF-12 (n = 1) among breast cancer survivors. Internal consistency scores for the SF measures ranged from acceptable to good across a range of language and ethnic sub-groups. The SF-36 demonstrated good convergent validity with respective subscales of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment—General scale and two lymphedema-specific measures. Divergent validity between the SF-36 and Lymph-ICF was modest. The SF-36 demonstrated good factor structure in the total breast cancer survivor study samples. However, the factor structure appeared to differ between specific language and ethnic sub-groups. The SF-36 discriminated between survivors who reported or did not report symptoms on the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Symptom Checklist and SF-36 physical sub-scales, but not mental sub-scales, discriminated between survivors with or without lymphedema. Methodological quality scores varied between and within papers.

Conclusion

Short Form measures appear to provide a reliable and valid indication of general health status among breast cancer survivors though the limited data suggests that particular caution is required when interpreting scores provided by non-English language groups. Further research is required to test the sensitivity or responsiveness of the measure.
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Metagegevens
Titel
A methodological review of the Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) and its derivatives among breast cancer survivors
Auteurs
Charlene Treanor
Michael Donnelly
Publicatiedatum
01-02-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0785-6

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