General Population and Cancer Patient Norms for the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)
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- 1 June 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Evaluation & the Health Professions
- Vol. 28 (2) , 192-211
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0163278705275341
Abstract
Given the number of new cancer cases diagnosed each year and the increases in survival rates, the importance of having a clinically useful health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument has increased. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) is one such instrument that has been used worldwide to assess HRQOL. Previously, the use of the FACT-G had been limited because of a lack of published normative data. Normative data are useful for consumers to place their results in an appropriate context by comparing their scores of individuals or group of individuals to a reference group. Here, we present normative data for the FACT-G for two reference groups: (a) a sample of the general U.S. adult population and (b) a large, heterogeneous sample of adult patients with cancer. In addition, we demonstrate various uses of the normative data.Keywords
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