The Bone Metastases Quality of Life Questionnaire
The Bone Metastases Quality of Life Questionnaire (BOMET-QOL) is the first bone metastases -specific HRQOL measure. It is a simple, self-administered questionnaire intended for use in clinical research and in the routine monitoring of patients with mali
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Why is it Important to Assess Quality of Life in Patients with Bone Metastases? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
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The BOMET-QOL Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 What is the BOMET-QOL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Criteria Applied in Developing the Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Development of the BOMET-QOL-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Phase 1. Item Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Phase 2. Item Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Identification of the Initial Group of Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Phase 3. Item Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 First Reduction: Reduction of the BOMET-QOL from 35 to 25 Items . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Second Reduction: Reduction of the BOMET-QOL from 25 to 10 Items . . . . . . . . 202
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Validation of the BOMET-QOL-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Summary Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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The Bone Metastases Quality of Life Questionnaire
Abstract: The > Bone Metastases Quality of Life Questionnaire (BOMET-QOL) is the first > bone metastases-specific HRQOL measure. It is a simple, self-administered questionnaire intended for use in clinical research and in the routine monitoring of patients with malignant bone disease due to neoplasia. The BOMET-QOL questionnaire is unidimensional and consists of 10 items that can be answered according to a Likert scale with five categories scoring from 0 to 4. The timeframe refers to ‘‘last week.’’ The items refer to HRQOL topics such as pain, mobility, vitality, sex life, worries about the future, perceptions and daily activities. The global score is calculated by adding up the answers obtained in each item, and may range from 0 (worst HRQOL) to 40 (best HRQOL). These scores are standardized to make it easier
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