[The possibility to establish the scale of quality of life (QOL) fit for Chinese lung cancer patients].
BACKGROUND
To establish and validate the scale of quality of life( QOL) fit for Chinese lung cancer patients.


METHODS
By reviewing the other scales of QOL, we designed the new scale of QOL which include 5 factors with totally 65 items. It referred to biological and psychosocial aspects. Three hundred fifty-five patients with lung cancer were reviewed. The scores were compared with KPS by different group mean t-test.


RESULTS
Patients and doctors could understand the contents of this scale, except for 2 patients who only accepted elementary education. Significant differencewas observed in total score, gender and emotional well-being among patients in different stage( P < 0. 05) . The functional well-being of stage IV patients was worse than that of other stage patients( P < 0. 05) . The emotional well-being of female patients was worse than that of male patients( P < 0. 05) .


CONCLUSIONS
This scale is reliable, valid and capable in clinics.
Department of Chest , Shanghai Chest Hospital , Shanghai 200030, P . R.China.
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