TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of Quality of Life Among Pediatric Patients With Cancer
AU - Mulhern, Raymond K.
AU - Horowitz, Marc E.
AU - Ochs, Judith
AU - Friedman, Alice G.
AU - Armstrong, F. Daniel
AU - Copeland, Donna
AU - Kun, Larry E.
PY - 1989/6
Y1 - 1989/6
N2 - Historical foundations of quality of life (QL) assessment, including those in adult oncology, are reviewed in the context of the current need for a developmental measure for clinical pediatric research. QL measures that can be applied to the assessment of children with cancer and other chronic and life-threatening diseases are urgently needed. Use of valid QL scales would facilitate the evaluation of patient status over time as well as the comparison of results of patients with different diagnoses, treatment histories, and outcomes of therapy. The attributes of an effective QL measure, based on clinical experience in pediatric oncology settings, include simplicity and brevity as well as conventional psychometric properties. Psychologists, in collaboration with their pediatric oncologist colleagues, are encouraged to develop new QL assessment methods. Suggestions are given for studies necessary to accomplish this goal.
AB - Historical foundations of quality of life (QL) assessment, including those in adult oncology, are reviewed in the context of the current need for a developmental measure for clinical pediatric research. QL measures that can be applied to the assessment of children with cancer and other chronic and life-threatening diseases are urgently needed. Use of valid QL scales would facilitate the evaluation of patient status over time as well as the comparison of results of patients with different diagnoses, treatment histories, and outcomes of therapy. The attributes of an effective QL measure, based on clinical experience in pediatric oncology settings, include simplicity and brevity as well as conventional psychometric properties. Psychologists, in collaboration with their pediatric oncologist colleagues, are encouraged to develop new QL assessment methods. Suggestions are given for studies necessary to accomplish this goal.
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U2 - 10.1037/1040-3590.1.2.130
DO - 10.1037/1040-3590.1.2.130
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0001258509
SN - 1040-3590
VL - 1
SP - 130
EP - 138
JO - Psychological Assessment
JF - Psychological Assessment
IS - 2
ER -