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| CANCER REHABILITATION EVALUATION SYSTEM - SHORT FORM (CARES-SF) - A CANCER SPECIFIC REHABILITATION AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE INSTRUMENT |
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| Author(s): SCHAG CAC, GANZ PA, HEINRICH RL |
| Source: CANCER Volume: 68 Issue: 6 Pages: 1406-1413 Published: SEP 15 1991 |
| Times Cited: 160 References: 26 |
| Abstract: The CAncer Rehabilitation Evaluation System (CARES) (CARES Consultants, Santa Monica, CA) a rehabilitation and quality of life instrument with well-documented reliability and validity, has been shortened. This report describes the development and psychometric properties of the new instrument, the CAncer Rehabilitation Evaluation System-Short Form (CARES-SF). The data from four existing samples of cancer patients demonstrate that the CARES-SF is highly related to the CARES (r = 0.98), has excellent test-retest reliability (86% agreement), concurrent validity with related measures, and acceptable internal consistency of summary scales (alpha = 0.85 to 0.61). In a new sample of breast cancer patients evaluated at three points in time (1 month, 7 months, and 13 months after diagnosis) the instrument appears to be sensitive to change and is highly related to the Functional Living Index-Cancer (FLIC), an existing quality of life instrument. The authors conclude that the CARES-SF has excellent potential as a quality of life instrument for use in clinical trials. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
Addresses:
1. UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, JONSSON COMPREHENS CANC CTR, DIV CANC CONTROL, 1100 GLENDON AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
2. CARES CONSULTANTS, SANTA MONICA, CA USA
3. UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, SCH MED, DEPT PSYCHIAT & BIOBEHAV MED, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
4. UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, SCH MED, DEPT MED, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
5. VET ADM MED CTR, DEPT MED, SEPULVEDA, CA 91343 USA
6. VET ADM MED CTR, DEPT PSYCHIAT, SEPULVEDA, CA 91343 USA |
| Publisher: WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC 605 THIRD AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10158-0012 |
| Subject Category: Oncology |
| IDS Number: GD029 |
| ISSN: 0008-543X |
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