title: Reference values for the CAVIPRES-30 questionnaire, a global questionnaire on the health-related quality of life of patients with prostate cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Define and establish the reference values of the CAVIPRES-30 Questionnaire, a health related quality of life questionnaire specific for prostate cancer patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The CAVIPRES-30 was administered to 2,630 males with prostate cancer included by 238 Urologist belonging to the Spanish National Healthcare System. Descriptive analysis on socio-demographic and clinical data were performed, and multivariate analyses were used to corroborate that stratification variables were statistically significantly and independently associated to the overall score of the questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The variables Time since diagnosis of the illness, whether the patient had a Stable partner or not, if he was, or not, undergoing Symptomatic treatment were statistically significantly and independently associated (P < .001) to the overall score of the questionnaire. The reference values table of the CAVIPRES-30 questionnaire is made up of different kinds of information of each patient profile: sample size, descriptive statistics with regard to the overall score, Cronbach's alpha value (between .791 and .875) and the questionnaire's values are reported by deciles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study contribute new proof as to the suitability and usefulness of the CAVIPRES-30 questionnaire as an instrument for assessing individually the quality of life of prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, A Coruña, España. Electronic address: fgveiga@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gómez-Veiga
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silmi-Moyano
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico de Valencia, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Günthner
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Martorell, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puyol-Pallas
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cózar-Olmo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012016:Reference Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: CAVIPRES-30; Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud específica; Cuestionario; Cáncer de próstata; Health related quality of life specific; Prostate cancer; Questionnaire; Reference values; Valores de referencia