Avaliação da qualidade de vida em doentes com patologia oncológica da cabeça e pescoço: modelo de validação da versão electrónica Portuguesa do EORTC-QLQ C30 e EORTC- H&N35.
Quality of Life is a distinct and important emerging health focus, guiding practice and research. The routine Quality of Life evaluation in clinical, economic, and epidemiological studies and in medical practice promises a better Quality of Life and improved health resources optimization. The use of...
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| author | Augusta Silveira Joaquim Gonçalves Teresa Sequeira Cláudia Ribeiro Carlos Lopes Eurico Monteiro Francisco Luís Pimentel |
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| description | Quality of Life is a distinct and important emerging health focus, guiding practice and research. The routine Quality of Life evaluation in clinical, economic, and epidemiological studies and in medical practice promises a better Quality of Life and improved health resources optimization. The use of information technology and a Knowledge Management System related to Quality of Life assessment is essential to routine clinical evaluation and can define a clinical research methodology that is more efficient and better organized. In this paper, a Validation Model using the Quality of Life informatics platform is presented. Portuguese PC-software using European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer questionnaires (EORTC-QLQ C30 and EORTC-H&N35), is compared with the original paper-pen approach in the Quality of Life monitoring of head and neck cancer patients. The Quality of Life informatics platform was designed specifically for this study with a simple and intuitive interface that ensures confidentiality while providing Quality of Life evaluation for all cancer patients. For the Validation Model, the sample selection was random. Fifty-four head and neck cancer patients completed 216 questionnaires (108 using the informatics platform and 108 using the original paper-pen approach) with a one-hour interval in between. Patient preferences and computer experience were registered. Quality of Life informatics platform showed high usability as a user-friendly tool. This informatics platform allows data collection by auto-reply, database construction, and statistical data analysis and also facilitates the automatic listing of the questionnaires. When comparing the approaches (Wilcoxon test by item, percentile distribution and Cronbach's alpha), most of the responses were similar. Most of the patients (53.6%) reported a preference for the software version. The Quality of Life informatics platform has revealed to be a powerful and effective tool, allowing a real time analysis of Quality of Life data. Computer-based quality-of-life monitoring in head and neck cancer patients is essential to get clinically meaningful data that can support clinical decisions, identify potential needs, and support a stepped-care model. This represents a fundamental step for routine Quality of Life implementation in the Oncology Portuguese Institute (IPO-Porto), ORL and C&P department services clinical practice. Finally, we propose a diagram of diagnostic performance, considerating the generalized lack of mycological diagnosis in Portugal, which emphasizes the need for a careful history, focused on quantifying the latency period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9cf7c86568a941c1b50881da1f740d232022-12-22T02:26:20ZengOrdem dos MédicosActa Médica Portuguesa0870-399X1646-07582011-12-012410.20344/amp.1481Avaliação da qualidade de vida em doentes com patologia oncológica da cabeça e pescoço: modelo de validação da versão electrónica Portuguesa do EORTC-QLQ C30 e EORTC- H&N35.Augusta Silveira0Joaquim GonçalvesTeresa SequeiraCláudia RibeiroCarlos LopesEurico MonteiroFrancisco Luís PimentelUniversidade Fernando Pessoa, Centro de Estudos e Inverstigação em Saúde, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.Quality of Life is a distinct and important emerging health focus, guiding practice and research. The routine Quality of Life evaluation in clinical, economic, and epidemiological studies and in medical practice promises a better Quality of Life and improved health resources optimization. The use of information technology and a Knowledge Management System related to Quality of Life assessment is essential to routine clinical evaluation and can define a clinical research methodology that is more efficient and better organized. In this paper, a Validation Model using the Quality of Life informatics platform is presented. Portuguese PC-software using European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer questionnaires (EORTC-QLQ C30 and EORTC-H&N35), is compared with the original paper-pen approach in the Quality of Life monitoring of head and neck cancer patients. The Quality of Life informatics platform was designed specifically for this study with a simple and intuitive interface that ensures confidentiality while providing Quality of Life evaluation for all cancer patients. For the Validation Model, the sample selection was random. Fifty-four head and neck cancer patients completed 216 questionnaires (108 using the informatics platform and 108 using the original paper-pen approach) with a one-hour interval in between. Patient preferences and computer experience were registered. Quality of Life informatics platform showed high usability as a user-friendly tool. This informatics platform allows data collection by auto-reply, database construction, and statistical data analysis and also facilitates the automatic listing of the questionnaires. When comparing the approaches (Wilcoxon test by item, percentile distribution and Cronbach's alpha), most of the responses were similar. Most of the patients (53.6%) reported a preference for the software version. The Quality of Life informatics platform has revealed to be a powerful and effective tool, allowing a real time analysis of Quality of Life data. Computer-based quality-of-life monitoring in head and neck cancer patients is essential to get clinically meaningful data that can support clinical decisions, identify potential needs, and support a stepped-care model. This represents a fundamental step for routine Quality of Life implementation in the Oncology Portuguese Institute (IPO-Porto), ORL and C&P department services clinical practice. Finally, we propose a diagram of diagnostic performance, considerating the generalized lack of mycological diagnosis in Portugal, which emphasizes the need for a careful history, focused on quantifying the latency period.https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1481 |
| spellingShingle | Augusta Silveira Joaquim Gonçalves Teresa Sequeira Cláudia Ribeiro Carlos Lopes Eurico Monteiro Francisco Luís Pimentel Avaliação da qualidade de vida em doentes com patologia oncológica da cabeça e pescoço: modelo de validação da versão electrónica Portuguesa do EORTC-QLQ C30 e EORTC- H&N35. Acta Médica Portuguesa |
| title | Avaliação da qualidade de vida em doentes com patologia oncológica da cabeça e pescoço: modelo de validação da versão electrónica Portuguesa do EORTC-QLQ C30 e EORTC- H&N35. |
| title_full | Avaliação da qualidade de vida em doentes com patologia oncológica da cabeça e pescoço: modelo de validação da versão electrónica Portuguesa do EORTC-QLQ C30 e EORTC- H&N35. |
| title_fullStr | Avaliação da qualidade de vida em doentes com patologia oncológica da cabeça e pescoço: modelo de validação da versão electrónica Portuguesa do EORTC-QLQ C30 e EORTC- H&N35. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Avaliação da qualidade de vida em doentes com patologia oncológica da cabeça e pescoço: modelo de validação da versão electrónica Portuguesa do EORTC-QLQ C30 e EORTC- H&N35. |
| title_short | Avaliação da qualidade de vida em doentes com patologia oncológica da cabeça e pescoço: modelo de validação da versão electrónica Portuguesa do EORTC-QLQ C30 e EORTC- H&N35. |
| title_sort | avaliacao da qualidade de vida em doentes com patologia oncologica da cabeca e pescoco modelo de validacao da versao electronica portuguesa do eortc qlq c30 e eortc h n35 |
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