title: Quality of life in colorectal cancer patients with colectomy and the validation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal (FACT-C), Version 4.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal (the FACT-C), a disease-specific tool for the assessment of colorectal cancer patients' QOL, is a valid assessment tool for measuring QOL changes. Ninety-eight colorectal cancer patients performed the assessment at baseline and 52 of these patients completed the instrument at one month and six months after colectomy. In addition to the FACT-C, the shortened forms of the Profile of Mood States, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Rating, Neuroticism Scale in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, and Functional Living Index-Cancer were completed. We found convergent and divergent validity and good reliability of the FACT-C. Patients' overall QOL was lower at one month after colectomy and recovered to the pre-surgery level at six months after colectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Jin Cheon
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eremenco
authors.forename: Oh Su
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires