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Name of Questionnaire

Holmes' Quality of Life Index

Description

Cancer-specific instrument for detecting the changes in life as a whole which result from the presence and treatment of malignant disease. Developed in a general cancer population.

Developer

S Holmes, J Dickerson

Address

Susan Holmes
Professor of Nursing
Centre for Nursing Research and Practice Development
Canterbury Christ Church University College
North Holmes Road
Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1QU
UK

E-mail

N/A

URL

N/A

Cost & availability

Contact S Holmes for permission to use the instrument.

Administration

Self

Time to complete

Not reported

Number of items

26

Domains & categories

2

Name of categories/domains

Symptoms, activities of daily living

Scaling of items

Linear analogue scale

Scoring

For symptoms, a score of <5 on the linear analog scale indicates a symptom causing major distress

Reliability

a. Test-retest/reproducibility: Reported1
b. Internal consistency: Reported1


Validity

Includes items considered by the developers and by previous studies to be contributory to quality of life1

Responsiveness

Not reported

Minimally important difference

Not reported

Research use

Reported - assessment of quality of life and anxiety in primary lung cancer and examination of patient personality influence on quality of life assessment2

Clinical use

Not reported

Language

English, Japanese

References

  1. Holmes S, Dickerson J. The quality of life: design and evaluation of a self-assessment instrument for use with cancer patients. Int J Nurs Stud 1987; 24:15-24.
  2. Nakada S, Nagao K, Takiguchi Y, et al. Quality of life and anxiety before and after lung cancer chemotherapy: relationship to patient's personality. Intern Med 1996; 35:611-6.

Date of information

May 1999


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