title: [Creation and validation of the scale for measuring quality of life in patients with cancer: Puerto Rican version (ECVCA-PR). ].
abstract: The aim of this pioneer study is to begin to create and validate a scale to measure Quality of Life in cancer patients in Puerto Rico (ECVCA-PR) in order to provide local health professionals with a reliable instrument that help to measure attitudes that could affect different patient's quality of life aspects and allows knowing the needs of those cancer patients. Sample consisted of 32 patients (9 men, 23 women), between ages of 30 to 83 years that were receiving services (i.e., hospitalization, treatment, and follow up) at Dr. Isaac González Martínez Oncological Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The psychometric properties of the instrument indicate a reliability index (Cronbach's Alpha) of 0.927 with 164 items, an excellent index according to the literature.
authors.affiliation: Programa Doctoral Sicología Clínica, Universidad Carlos Albizu, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Janelly Muriel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sanoguet
authors.forename: José Rodríguez
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gómez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011647:Puerto Rico; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012944:Social Support; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires