Which questionnaires should we use to evaluate quality of life in patients with chronic graft-vs-host disease?

Abstract:

AIM:To investigate the ability of two standard quality of life (QOL) questionnaires - The Short Form (36-item) Health Survey (SF-36) and The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ C30) to evaluate QOL in patients with chronic graft-vs-host disease (cGVHD) graded according to National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus criteria. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, QOL was assessed in patients who underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) at the University Hospital Centre Zagreb and were alive and in complete remission for more than one year after allo-SCT. RESULTS:The study included 58 patients, 38 patients with cGVHD and 20 controls, patients without cGVHD. Patients with cGVHD scored according to the NIH criteria had significantly lower scores of global health status and lower QOL on all SF-36 subscales and most of QLQ C30 functional subscales (P<0.050 for all comparisons). Furthermore, patients with active cGVHD had significantly lower QOL scores than patients with inactive cGVHD, and this difference was most evident in physical functioning subscale of SF-36 (P=0.0007) and social functioning subscale of QLQ C30 (P=0.009). CONCLUSION:cGVHD scored according to the NIH criteria is correlated with patient-reported QOL, particularly in the physical domains as detected by SF-36. QLQ C30 questionnaire adds more information on social functioning and should be used as a valuable tool in the evaluation of social domains in cGVHD patients.

journal_name

Croat Med J

journal_title

Croatian medical journal

authors

Perić Z,Desnica L,Duraković N,Ostojić A,Pulanić D,Serventi-Seiwerth R,Prenc E,Basak G,Vrhovac R,Pavletic SZ,Nemet D

doi

10.3325/cmj.2016.57.6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-02-01 00:00:00

pages

6-15

issue

1

eissn

0353-9504

issn

1332-8166

journal_volume

57

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