Development of an EORTC Quality of Life Module for Renal Cell Cancer Patients: Phase I

IntroductionIn light of rising incidence rates and a mostly late diagnosis, renal cell cancer (RCC) patients are heavily burdened by both their disease and treatment. The structured assessment of their quality of life using patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures is important in order to provide the...

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Published in:European psychiatry 2022-06, Vol.65 (S1), p.S756-S756
Main Authors: Wintner, L., Beisland, E., Beisland, C., Van Hemelrijck, M., Holzner, B.
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Language:English
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Kidney cancer
patient-reported outcomes
Patients
Quality of Life
questionnaire module development
renal cell cancer
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Summary:IntroductionIn light of rising incidence rates and a mostly late diagnosis, renal cell cancer (RCC) patients are heavily burdened by both their disease and treatment. The structured assessment of their quality of life using patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures is important in order to provide them with appropriate interventions to maintain or improve their quality of life. Available questionnaires are predominantly symptom indices or were developed without conducting patient interviews.ObjectivesHence, we report on the ongoing phase I development of an EORTC module for RCC patients, which will be used together with the EORTC QLQ-C30 core questionnaire.MethodsFollowing the EORTC Quality of Life Group’s Module Development Guidelines, a systematic literature review was conducted. Based on this review, issues were extracted and presented to healthcare professionals (HCPs) and patients for relevance assessment.Results133 publications (14 on the development of RCC-specific PRO measures, 3 qualitative studies, 37 randomised controlled trials, 79 quantitative studies) were identified from which 150 unique issues were extracted. The issue list was reviewed by 14 HCPs (8 clinicians, 3 nurses, 2 psychooncologists, 1 physiotherapist) from 3 countries (Austria, Norway, United Kingdom) and rated regarding their relevance. An additional 13 issues were mentioned in the HCP interviews and included in the issue list.ConclusionsThe extended list of issues is currently used to interview patients. Data collection is expected to be completed by the conference, thus the poster will present the combined relevance scores (HCPs and patients) and the issues selected for the preliminary module to be tested in phase 3.DisclosureThis study is funded by the EORTC Quality of Life Group (Grant 007/2019).
ISSN:0924-9338
1778-3585
DOI:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1952