An International Field-Testing Study Of The Reliability And Validity Of A Patient Satisfaction Module (QLQ-SAT32) Assessing Cancer Patients' Perception Of The Quality Of Care Received Within The Hospital
An International Field-Testing Study Of The Reliability And Validity Of A Patient Satisfaction Module (QLQ-SAT32) Assessing Cancer Patients' Perception Of The Quality Of Care Received Within The Hospital
RATIONALE: Questionnaires may help determine cancer patients' satisfaction with the quality of care they received in the hospital.
PURPOSE: Clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of questionnaires in assessing cancer patients' satisfaction with the quality of care they received in the hospital.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: This is a descriptive, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to age (18 to 49 vs 50 and over) and the cancer therapy received in hospital (surgery vs chemotherapy).
Patients in all strata receive the QLQ-SAT32 and QLQ-C30 questionnaires, a debriefing questionnaire, and the Oberst patient satisfaction visual analog scale prior to hospital discharge. Patients complete the materials at home within 7 days of discharge. A group of 100 patients have a repeat QLQ-SAT32 module mailed to them to be completed within 7 days of receipt of first questionnaire.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 640-768 patients (160-192 per stratum) will be accrued for this study.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
Performance status
Life expectancy
Hematopoietic
Hepatic
Renal
Other
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
Chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy
Surgery
Other