A methodological review of the Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) and its derivatives among breast cancer survivors


Autoria(s): Treanor, Charlene; Donnelly, Michael
Data(s)

01/02/2015

Resumo

Purpose: A systematic review of the validity, reliability and sensitivity of the Short Form (SF) health survey measures among breast cancer survivors.<br/>Methods: We searched a number of databases for peer-reviewed papers. The methodological quality of the papers was assessed using the COnsenus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN).<br/>Results: The review identified seven papers that assessed the psychometric properties of the SF-36 (n = 5), partial SF-36 (n = 1) and SF-12 (n = 1) among breast cancer survivors. Internal consistency scores for the SF measures ranged from acceptable to good across a range of language and ethnic sub-groups. The SF-36 demonstrated good convergent validity with respective subscales of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment—General scale and two lymphedema-specific measures. Divergent validity between the SF-36 and Lymph-ICF was modest. The SF-36 demonstrated good factor structure in the total breast cancer survivor study samples. However, the factor structure appeared to differ between specific language and ethnic sub-groups. The SF-36 discriminated between survivors who reported or did not report symptoms on the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Symptom Checklist and SF-36 physical sub-scales, but not mental sub-scales, discriminated between survivors with or without lymphedema. Methodological quality scores varied between and within papers.<br/>Conclusion: Short Form measures appear to provide a reliable and valid indication of general health status among breast cancer survivors though the limited data suggests that particular caution is required when interpreting scores provided by non-English language groups. Further research is required to test the sensitivity or responsiveness of the measure.

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http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/a-methodological-review-of-the-short-form-health-survey-36-sf36-and-its-derivatives-among-breast-cancer-survivors(0a616d41-d02c-4941-aa89-28f9b156e955).html

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0785-6

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eng

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Treanor , C & Donnelly , M 2015 , ' A methodological review of the Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) and its derivatives among breast cancer survivors ' Quality of Life Research , vol 24 , no. 2 , pp. 339-362 . DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0785-6

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article