title: Psychometric testing of the Chinese-version cancer needs questionnaire short form head and neck cancer-specific version in oral cavity cancer patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purposes of this two-phase study were to (1) develop and examine the content validity and feasibility of the Chinese-version cancer needs questionnaire, short form, head and neck cancer-specific version (CNQ-SF-hn) (phase I), and (2) examine its psychometric characteristics as supported by reliability and construct validity (phase II) in oral cavity cancer patients in Taiwan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Newly diagnosed oral cavity cancer patients (N = 206) were recruited from a medical center in northern Taiwan. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and psychometric analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that the CNQ-SF-hn (1) had good internal consistency reliability for the overall scale and subscales; (2) had good 1-week test-retest reliability (correlation = 0.80) for the overall scale; (3) had construct validity, supported by six clearly identified factors explaining 74.87% of the variance; and (4) had convergent validity, supported by correlations among its subscales and related scales, as well as by discriminating care needs according to undergoing versus not undergoing reconstructive surgery and cancer stage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Chinese-version CNQ-SF-hn is a psychometrically satisfactory instrument. Further validation is suggested for its factor structure and different head and neck cancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shu-Ching
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yeur-Hur
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Sue-Yueh
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Chun-Ta
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Joseph Tung-Chien
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan