Multilingual translation of the functional assessment of cancer therapy (FACT) quality of life measurement system
Multilingual translation of the functional assessment of cancer therapy (FACT) quality of life measurement system
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DOI：
10.1007/bf00433915
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发表时间：
1996-06-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Zittoun, R
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作者：
Bonomi, AE;Cella, DF;Zittoun, R
在国际肿瘤学临床试验中，需要多语种跨文化有效的生活质量(QOL)测量工具来评估QOL终点。因此，我们启动了癌症治疗功能评估(FACT)生活质量测量系统(版本3)的多语言翻译，翻译成以下语言：荷兰语、法语、德语、意大利语、挪威语和瑞典语。在该项目之前，事实测量系统有英语、西班牙语和加拿大法语版本。FACT是一种自我报告工具，衡量多维度的生活质量。FACT(第3版)评价系统使用29-49个条目汇编通用核心(29个利克特类型条目)和多个分量表(每个9-20个条目)，以反映与不同疾病、症状复合体和治疗相关的症状。FACT-G(一般版本)和18个可用癌症相关子量表中的8个使用迭代向前-向后翻译序列进行翻译。经过21名双语卫生专业人员随后的审查，所有接近最终版本的语言版本都接受了对本国总共95名患者的预测试。现有的结果表明，说母语的人总体上可以很好地理解。等同于事实的外语版本将允许对不同文化背景的人进行生活质量评估。
There is need for multilingual cross-culturally valid quality of life (QOL) instrumentation to assess the QOL endpoint in international oncology clinical trials. We therefore initiated a multilingual translation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) Quality of Life Measurement System (Version 3) into the following languages: Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish. Prior to this project, the FACT Measurement System was available in English, Spanish and Canadian French. The FACT is a self-report instrument which measures multidimensional QOL. The FACT (Version 3) evaluation system uses a 29-49 item compilation of a generic core (29 Likert-type items) and numerous subscales (9-20 items each) which reflect symptoms associated with different diseases, symptom complexes and treatments. The FACT-G (general version) and eight of 18 available cancer-related subscales were translated using an iterative forward-backward translation sequence. After subsequent review by 21 bilingual health professionals, all near final language versions underwent pretesting with a total of 95 patients in the native countries. Available results indicate good overall comprehensibility among native language-speakers. Equivalent foreign language versions of the FACT will permit QOL evaluation of people from diverse cultural backgrounds.