UNISCALE

Name of Questionnaire

UNISCALE

Description

Global measure of overall quality of life.

Developer

Spitzer, Dobson, Hall, Chesterman, Levi, Shepherd, Battista, & Catchlove, 1981

Address

W.O. Spitzer, Professor Emeritus
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
McGill University ,
Montreal , Canada

Cost & availability

Available ¹

Administration

Interviewer rated patient QOL in original instrument; self-rated version created for construct validity testing.

Time to complete

Not published

Number of items

One item

Domains & categories

1

Name of categories/domains

Overall quality of life

Scaling of items

Linear analogue scale scored from 0-14

Scoring

Scores obtained by measuring distance of respondent's/interviewer's mark on the line from the left end of the scale.

Reliability

Not reported

Validity

Content validity: evaluated ¹
Construct validity: reported ¹
Concurrent validity: reported ²

Responsiveness

Reported ²

Research use

Yes ³ ; also used in other oncology research not enumerated here.

Clinical use

Unknown

Language

English

References

1. Spitzer WO, Dobson AJ, Hall J, Chesterman E, Levi J, Shepherd R, Battista RN, Catchlove BR. Measuring the quality of life of cancer patients. J Chron Dis 1981;34:585-597.
2. Sloan JA, Loprinzi CL, Kuross SA, Miser AW, O'Fallon JR, Mahoney MR, Heid IM, Bretscher ME, Vaught NL. Randomized comparison of four tools measuring overall quality of life in patients with advanced cancer. J Clin Oncol 1998;15:3662-3673.
3. Marks RS, Graham DL, Sloan JA, Hillman S, Fishkoff S, Krook JE, Okuno SH, Mailliard JA, Fitch TR, Addo F. A phase II study of the Dolastatin 15 Analogue LU 103793 in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Am J Clin Oncol 2003;26:336-337.