Trial Information

An International Field-Testing Study Of The Reliability And Validity Of A Patient Satisfaction Module (QLQ-SAT32) Assessing Cancer Patients' Perception Of The Quality Of Care Received Within The Hospital

OBJECTIVES:

- Determine the scale structure, reliability, and validity of the QLQ-SAT32 patient
satisfaction module in assessing the perception of the quality of care received in
hospitals by patients with cancer.

- Determine the success of the QLQ-SAT32 patient satisfaction module when used with the
QLQ-C30 core quality of life questionnaire, in terms of expanding on quality of life
evaluation or providing information on treatment acceptability or preference of these
patients.

OUTLINE: This is a descriptive, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to age
(18 to 49 vs 50 and over) and the cancer therapy received in hospital (surgery vs
chemotherapy).

Patients in all strata receive the QLQ-SAT32 and QLQ-C30 questionnaires, a debriefing
questionnaire, and the Oberst patient satisfaction visual analog scale prior to hospital
discharge. Patients complete the materials at home within 7 days of discharge. A group of
100 patients have a repeat QLQ-SAT32 module mailed to them to be completed within 7 days of
receipt of first questionnaire.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 640-768 patients (160-192 per stratum) will be accrued for
this study.