Revision of the Chinese Version of the FACT-B for Patients with Breast Cancer
- VernacularTitle:乳腺癌患者生命质量测定量表(FACT-B)中文版的修订
- Author:
Chonghua WAN
;
Dongmei ZHANG
;
Xuelian TANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
mental health breast cancer psychometric study quality of life FACT-B
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1991;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To revise and evaluate the Chinese version of the FACT-B. Method: The Chinese version of the FACT-B was translated from the original one, after back-translated and culture adaptation, it was applied to 165 patients with breast cancer. Result: The test-retest reliability of five domains, such as physical well-being, social/family well-being, emotional well-being, functional well-being, additional concerns and the overall scale were 0.82～0.89. The internal consistency alpha for the five domains were 0.61～0.84. After admission to hospital 2-4 weeks, the quality of life of patients showed some change in this scale. Conclusion: The Chinese version of the FACT-B has good psychometric quality and can be used to assess the quality of life of Chinese patients with breast cancer.
