TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation and reference values of the EORTC QLQ-CML24 questionnaire to assess health-related quality of life in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia
AU - Efficace, Fabio
AU - Iurlo, Alessandra
AU - Patriarca, Andrea
AU - Stagno, Fabio
AU - Bee, Ping Chong
AU - Ector, Geneviève
AU - Capodanno, Isabella
AU - Elena, Chiara
AU - Bonifacio, Massimiliano
AU - Blijlevens, Nicole M.A.
AU - Caocci, Giovanni
AU - Wan, Chonghua
AU - Abruzzese, Elisabetta
AU - Breccia, Massimo
AU - Cottone, Francesco
AU - Okumura, Iris
AU - Oerlemans, Simone
AU - Cascavilla, Nicola
AU - Albano, Francesco
AU - Kota, Vamsi
AU - Sztankay, Monika
AU - Miggiano, Maria Cristina
AU - Saussele, Susanne
AU - Di Renzo, Nicola
AU - Sorà, Federica
AU - Castagnetti, Fausto
AU - Baccarani, Michele
AU - Vignetti, Marco
AU - Rosti, Gianantonio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment is important to facilitate decisions in the current treatment landscape of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Therefore, the availability of a validated HRQOL questionnaire, specifically developed for CML patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), may enhance quality of research in this area. We performed an international study including 782 CML patients to assess the validity of the EORTC QLQ-CML 24 questionnaire, and to generate HRQOL reference values to facilitate interpretation of results in future studies. Internal consistency, assessed with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients, ranged from 0.66 to 0.83. In the confirmatory factor analysis, all standardized factor loadings exceeded the threshold of 0.40 (range 0.49–0.97), confirming the hypothesized scale structure. Reference values stratified by age and sex were also generated. Our findings support the use of the EORTC QLQ-CML 24, in conjunction with the EORTC QLQ-C30, as a valuable measure to assess HRQOL in CML patients.
AB - Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment is important to facilitate decisions in the current treatment landscape of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Therefore, the availability of a validated HRQOL questionnaire, specifically developed for CML patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), may enhance quality of research in this area. We performed an international study including 782 CML patients to assess the validity of the EORTC QLQ-CML 24 questionnaire, and to generate HRQOL reference values to facilitate interpretation of results in future studies. Internal consistency, assessed with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients, ranged from 0.66 to 0.83. In the confirmatory factor analysis, all standardized factor loadings exceeded the threshold of 0.40 (range 0.49–0.97), confirming the hypothesized scale structure. Reference values stratified by age and sex were also generated. Our findings support the use of the EORTC QLQ-CML 24, in conjunction with the EORTC QLQ-C30, as a valuable measure to assess HRQOL in CML patients.
KW - Quality of life
KW - chronic myeloid leukemia
KW - patient-reported outcomes
KW - symptoms
KW - tyrosine kinase inhibitors
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U2 - 10.1080/10428194.2020.1838509
DO - 10.1080/10428194.2020.1838509
M3 - Article
C2 - 33153355
AN - SCOPUS:85095730463
SN - 1042-8194
VL - 62
SP - 669
EP - 678
JO - Leukemia and Lymphoma
JF - Leukemia and Lymphoma
IS - 3
ER -
