title: Cross-cultural application of the Korean version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire cervical cancer module.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Quality of Life questionnaire cervical cancer module (QLQ-CX24), developed by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
  
  
  METHODS
  The EORTC QLQ-CX24 and the core questionnaire (the EORTC QLQ-C30) were administered to 860 Korean disease-free survivors of cervical cancer and 494 female control subjects from the general Korean population. The construct reliability and validity of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 questionnaire were assessed via factor analysis, multitrait scaling analyses and known group comparisons.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Factor structure of the Korean version of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 questionnaire agreed with the originally hypothesized scale structure. Scale reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficients for internal consistency, which ranged from 0.78 to 0.87. Convergent and discriminant validity was confirmed by multitrait scaling analysis, which revealed scaling errors of 0.9. The clinical validity of the Korean version of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 was demonstrated by the ability to discriminate among controls and patient subgroups of different stages, treatments and overall health status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Korean version of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 was found to be a reliable and a valid measure of quality of life among survivors of cervical cancer when administered in a large survey setting.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Control Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Ilsan-Gu, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Wook
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Eunmi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Yong-Man
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sokbom
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Byoung-Gie
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seok Ju
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.forename: Soon Do
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Chan-Yong
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*