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- Title
The need for supportive care among head and neck cancer patients: psychometric assessment of the Dutch version of the Supportive Care Needs Survey Short-Form (SCNS-SF34) and the newly developed head and neck cancer module (SCNS-HNC).
- Authors
Jansen, Femke; Witte, Birgit; van Uden-Kraan, Cornelia; Braspenning, Anna; Leemans, C.; Verdonck-de Leeuw, Irma; Witte, Birgit I; van Uden-Kraan, Cornelia F; Braspenning, Anna M; Leemans, C René; Verdonck-de Leeuw, Irma M
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>The purpose of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the 34-item Short-Form Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS-SF34) and the newly developed module for head and neck cancer (HNC) patients (SCNS-HNC).<bold>Methods: </bold>HNC patients were included from two cross-sectional studies. Content validity of the SCNS-HNC was analysed by examining redundancy and completeness of items. Factor structure was assessed using confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses. Cronbach's alpha, Spearman's correlation, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskall-Wallis and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were used to assess internal consistency, construct validity and test-retest reliability.<bold>Results: </bold>Content validity of the SCNS-HNC was good, although some HNC topics were missing. For the SCNS-SF34, a four-factor structure was found, namely physical and daily living, psychological, sexuality and health system and information and patient support (alpha = .79 to .95). For the SCNS-HNC, a two-factor structure was found, namely HNC-specific functioning and lifestyle (alpha = .89 and .60). Respectively, 96 and 89 % of the hypothesised correlations between the SCNS-SF34 or SCNS-HNC and other patient-reported outcome measures were found; 57 and 67 % also showed the hypothesised magnitude of correlation. The SCNS-SF34 domains discriminated between treatment procedure (physical and daily living p = .02 and psychological p = .01) and time since treatment (health system, information and patient support p = .02). Test-retest reliability of SCNS-SF34 domains and HNC-specific functioning domain was above .70 (ICC = .74 to .83), and ICC = .67 for the lifestyle domain. Floor effects ranged from 21.1 to 70.9 %.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The SCNS-SF34 and SCNS-HNC are valid and reliable instruments to evaluate the need for supportive care among (Dutch) HNC patients.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; HEAD &; neck cancer treatment; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC health; SUPPORTIVE psychotherapy; TEST reliability; HEAD tumors; NECK tumors; NEEDS assessment; RESEARCH evaluation; CROSS-sectional method; EQUIPMENT &; supplies; TUMOR treatment
- Publication
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2016, Vol 24, Issue 11, p4639
- ISSN
0941-4355
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00520-016-3307-y