Holmes' QOL Checklist

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

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