The Caregivers Quality of Life Cancer index scale (CQoLC): an exploratory factor analysis for validation in French cancer patients' spouses

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Caregivers Quality of Life Cancer index scale (CQoLC) in a sample of spouses of French cancer patients. Methods The CQoLC, the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 12 (MOS SF-12) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory...

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Published in:Quality of life research 2013-02, Vol.22 (1), p.119-122
Main Authors: Lafaye, Anaïs, De Chalvron, Stéphanie, Houédé, Nadine, Eghbali, Houchingue, Cousson-Gélie, Florence
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Ambulatory care
Anxiety
Brief Communication
Cancer
Caregivers
Caregivers - psychology
Chemotherapy
Couples
Discriminant analysis
Discriminants
Diseases
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Factor analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
France
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Language
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - psychology
Neoplasms - therapy
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Satisfaction
Personality Inventory
Physical health
Psychology
Psychometrics - instrumentation
Public Health
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Quality of Life Research
Radiation therapy
Reproducibility of Results
Sociology
Spouses
Spouses - psychology
Statistical variance
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Validity
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Caregivers Quality of Life Cancer index scale (CQoLC) in a sample of spouses of French cancer patients. Methods The CQoLC, the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 12 (MOS SF-12) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were administered to 300 spouses aged 21–85 years. Clinical data such as severity of cancer, medical treatment and duration of illness were obtained from a review of medical records. Results An exploratory factor analysis yielded a 23-item measure with one factor explaining 38.76% of the variance: labeled impairment of quality of life. The correlations between this factor and MOS SF-12 were negative for the physical component (ρ = −0.351, p < 0.001) and positive for the mental component (ρ = 0.184, p < 0.005). Oneway ANOVA with STAI scores indicated good discriminant validity (F[2, 237] = 4.80, p
ISSN:0962-9343
1573-2649
DOI:10.1007/s11136-012-0113-y