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Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 10/2013

01-12-2013

Using the EORTC-QLQ-C30 in clinical practice for patient management: identifying scores requiring a clinician’s attention

Auteurs: Claire F. Snyder, Amanda L. Blackford, Toru Okuyama, Tatsuo Akechi, Hiroko Yamashita, Tatsuya Toyama, Michael A. Carducci, Albert W. Wu

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 10/2013

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Abstract

Purpose

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are used increasingly for individual patient management. Identifying which PRO scores require a clinician’s attention is an ongoing challenge. Previous research used a needs assessment to identify EORTC-QLQ-C30 cutoff scores representing unmet needs. This analysis attempted to replicate the previous findings in a new and larger sample.

Methods

This analysis used data from 408 Japanese ambulatory breast cancer patients who completed the QLQ-C30 and Supportive Care Needs Survey-Short Form-34 (SCNS-SF34). Applying the methods used previously, SCNS-SF34 item/domain scores were dichotomized as no versus some unmet need. We calculated area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) to evaluate QLQ-C30 scores’ ability to discriminate between patients with no versus some unmet need based on SCNS-SF34 items/domains. For QLQ-C30 domains with AUC ≥ 0.70, we calculated the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of various cutoffs for identifying unmet needs. We hypothesized that compared to our original analysis, (1) the same six QLQ-C30 domains would have AUC ≥ 0.70, (2) the same SCNS-SF34 items would be best discriminated by QLQ-C30 scores, and (3) the sensitivity and specificity of our original cutoff scores would be supported.

Results

The findings from our original analysis were supported. The same six domains with AUC ≥ 0.70 in the original analysis had AUC ≥ 0.70 in this new sample, and the same SCNS-SF34 item was best discriminated by QLQ-C30 scores. Cutoff scores were identified with sensitivity ≥0.84 and specificity ≥0.54.

Conclusion

Given these findings’ concordance with our previous analysis, these QLQ-C30 cutoffs could be implemented in clinical practice and their usefulness evaluated.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Using the EORTC-QLQ-C30 in clinical practice for patient management: identifying scores requiring a clinician’s attention
Auteurs
Claire F. Snyder
Amanda L. Blackford
Toru Okuyama
Tatsuo Akechi
Hiroko Yamashita
Tatsuya Toyama
Michael A. Carducci
Albert W. Wu
Publicatiedatum
01-12-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 10/2013
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0387-8

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