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Chapter 8Chapter 8

Quality of Life AssessmentQuality of Life Assessment

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NewsNews

• 乳癌的標靶治療用藥有了新突破！國內台大、榮總、三總、馬偕、奇美、高醫、彰基等醫學中心現正著手進行乳癌新藥 Lapatinib 的臨床試驗，對於國內每年新增近五百人晚期患者來說，可說是最後一線希望。

• 只要是 HER-2 成陽性反應，且屬於轉移性第四期，嘗試過各種藥物都無效，就可能參加這項人體試驗。

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Why Are We InterestedWhy Are We Interested in the Quality of Life? in the Quality of Life?

The United States Food and Drug Administration has stated that efficacy with respect to overall survival and/or improvements in QOL might provide the basis for drug approval

“Live longer – feel better”

Shaughnessy JA, Wittes RE, Burke G et al. Commentary concerning demonstration of safety and efficacy of investigational anticancer agents in clinical trials. J Clin Oncol 1991; 9:2225-32.

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Outline for Outline for Quality of LifeQuality of Life

• General background

• Data collection considerations

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Your Quality of LifeYour Quality of Life

How are you feeling this afternoon?

Mood Happy Miserable

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What is Quality of Life?What is Quality of Life?

WHO: “Health is not only the absence of infirmity and disease, but also a state of physical, mental and social well being

Multiple domains include: physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning, pain, sexual functioning, health perceptions, and symptoms such as nausea and fatigue

Fundamental principle: quality of life is assessed by the patient

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Quality of Life (1)Quality of Life (1)

• Definition depends on contextCancer vs. MI vs. hypertension

• Some instruments are disease specific

• Others are "general health status" instruments– POMS = Profile of Mood– SIP = Sickness Impact Profile

• Difficulties with concept– No agreement on definitions– Lack of standardized measures

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Quality of Life (2)Quality of Life (2)• One definition (Levine & Croog)

Two Components

- Functioning1. Social (Major component)

- Get along with family & friends | sense of worth(家庭價值 )

2. Physical- Perform daily life activities

3. Emotional- Stability and self control

4. Intellectual- Decision making ability

- Perceptions1. Life Satisfaction

- Sense of well being(幸福感覺 )2. Health Status

- Compared to others

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Factors Which Influence Factors Which Influence Quality of LifeQuality of Life

1. Intervention

2. Disease Process

3. "Labeling" Need a control group

- Diagnosis brings on change

4. Concomitant Care

5. Non-related life events

(e.g. death in family)

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Rationale in Clinical TrialsRationale in Clinical Trials

• Quality of life may assess effect of intervention

– primary response (treatment less toxic?)– side effects (treatment toxic?)– economic aspects (low risk/cost

treatment but benefit high?)

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How To Assess Quality of LifeHow To Assess Quality of Life

• Determine your QoL Objective

• Choose an instrument– Reliable, valid, responsive, feasible– Global measures, disease-specific measures,

symptom checklists

• Select your assessment time points and administration format

• Develop an analysis plan

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Data Collection Considerations (1)Data Collection Considerations (1)

• Mode– Self-administered

• glasses, reading skills, fine-motor skills

– Personal interview• training/background of interviewer• sensitivity to gender/ethnicity/age• hearing impairment

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Data Collection Considerations (2)Data Collection Considerations (2)

• Content– instrument validity, sensitivity &

specificity – sensitivity of questions– frame of reference for answers

(cognitive skills, privacy, cultural background)

• Source(s)– participant, family or support network,

health care providers

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Off the Shelf Instruments

• Off-the-shelf instruments– Designed to distinguish sickness from wellness– May not be sensitive to particular aspect of a given

trial– May not be validated or "normed" in population

being tested– May ask ridiculous questions for trial pop.– May take hours to complete– May impact negatively on compliance

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Off-the-Shelf InstrumentsOff-the-Shelf Instruments(Example-NOTT)

• Design– Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary

Disease

– 24 vs. 12 hours of O2

– Quality of life 10 outcome (No norms in this pop!)

• Quality of Life Results – Patients were sick– Patients got worse– No treatment difference

BUT– Mortality ratio was 2/1 (p<.01)

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More PerspectivesMore Perspectives

• "Tailor Made" Instruments

– Can be Quick and simple

– Standardized but targeted to disease

– Must be Validated for trial population

– Select subsets of off-the-shelf instruments

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More PerspectivesMore Perspectives

• “Home-made" Instruments

– Often designed by a graduate student

– Often too long

– Often not validated or field tested on

your patient population

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Quality of Life Instruments Quality of Life Instruments

• Can be simple and short

• Classic examples for– Cancer– Congestive Heart Failure

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Quality of Life AnalysisQuality of Life Analysis

• Analytic methods likely to be based on a scoring system

• Methods often rank based

• Challenging to design/ compute sample size

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Statistical ConsiderationStatistical Consideration

• Multi-trait scaling and other construct examination

• Reliability (internal consistency and test-retest reliability)

• Correlation analyses with other instruments

• Clinical validity (known group comparisons (sensitivity))

• Responsiveness to change over time

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Multi-trait Scaling (1)Multi-trait Scaling (1)

• Multi-trait scaling analysis will be employed to examine whether the individual items in the instrument can be aggregated into hypothesised multi-item scales

• Evidence of item convergent validity is defined as correlation of 0.40 or greater between an item and its own scale (corrected for overlap).

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Multi-trait Scaling (2)Multi-trait Scaling (2)

• Evidence of item discriminant validity will be based on a comparison of correlation of an item with its own scale and with other scales

• Scaling success for any item is defined as an item correlated significantly higher with its own scale (corrected for overlap) than with another scale

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ReliabilityReliability

• The internal consistency of the multi-item questionnaire scales will be assessed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient

• A magnitude of >0.70 is considered acceptable for group comparisons

• The test-retest reliability of scales will be assessed using intraclass correlations between the second and retest assessments in the patients

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Clinical ValidityClinical Validity

• Known-group comparison will be used to assess whether the questionnaire scores can discriminate between subgroups of patients of clinical status

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Responsiveness Over TimeResponsiveness Over Time

• Mixed effects regression model or generalized estimating equations (GEE) will be used to test for the significance of changes in QL scores before and after treatment

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Sample Size RequirementsSample Size Requirements

• The sample size is based on the recommendation of Tabachnik and Fidell that for multivariate analysis techniques to obtain reliable estimates the number of observations should be 10 times the number of variables in the model

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EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) 台灣中文台灣中文版 版 (1)(1)

1. 您從事一些費力的活動，如攜帶重物或手提箱，是否有困難？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多

2. 您從事長距離步行，是否有困難？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多

3. 您在戶外從事短距離步行，是否有困難？完全沒有 ,有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多

4. 您在白天是否需要待在床上或椅子上？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多

5. 您進食、穿衣、洗澡或上廁所需要別人幫助嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多

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EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) 台灣中文台灣中文版 版 (2)(2)

在過去一星期內（過去七天內）：6. 您在從事工作或日常生活上是否受到限制？完全沒有 ,

有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多7. 您在從事嗜好或休閒生活上是否受到限制？完全沒有 ,

有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多8. 您呼吸會喘嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多9. 您曾感到頭痛嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多10. 您需要休息嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多

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EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) 台灣中文台灣中文版 版 (3)(3)

11. 您曾難以入睡嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多12. 您曾感到虛弱嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多13. 您曾缺乏食慾嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多14. 您曾感到噁心嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多15. 您曾嘔吐嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多16. 您曾便秘嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多17. 您曾腹瀉嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多18. 您疲倦嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多19. 疼痛干擾您日常生活嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 ,

非 常多

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EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) 台灣中文台灣中文版 版 (4)(4)

20. 您曾否難將注意力集中在一些事情上，如看報紙或看 電視？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多21. 您覺得緊張嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多22. 您感到憂慮嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多23. 您覺得容易發怒嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多24. 您覺得情緒低落嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多25. 您曾感到記憶困難嗎？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常 多26. 您的身體狀況或醫療過程是否曾干擾您的家庭生活？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多27. 您的身體狀況或醫療過程是否曾干擾您的社交生活？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多28. 您的身體狀況或醫療過程是否曾造成您財務上的困難？完全沒有 , 有一點 , 相當多 , 非常多

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EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3) 台灣中文台灣中文版 版 (5)(5)

29. 您如何評定過去一星期內（過去七天內 ）您整體的健康？ 1( 非常差 )234567(

極好 ) 

30. 您如何評定過去一星期內（過去七天內 ）您整體的生活品質？ 1( 非常差 )2345

67( 極好 ) 

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FACT-P (FACT-P ( 第四版第四版 ) (1)) (1)

生理健康狀況 一點也不 有一點 有些 相當 非常

GP1 我精神不好 0 1 2 3 4

GP2 我有反胃噁心的情形 0 1 2 3 4

GP3 因為我的身體狀況，我有困難達到家人的需求 0 1 2 3 4

GP4 我有疼痛 0 1 2 3 4

GP5 我有治療的副作用感到困擾 0 1 2 3 4

GP6 我覺得身體不適 0 1 2 3 4

GP7 我因疾病被迫要臥床休息 0 1 2 3 4

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FACT-P (FACT-P ( 第四版第四版 ) (2)) (2) 社會/家庭健全狀況 一點也不 有一點 有些 相當 非常

GS1 我覺得與我的朋友親近 0 1 2 3 4

GS2 我從我家人獲得情緒上的支持 0 1 2 3 4

GS3 我從我朋友獲得支持 0 1 2 3 4

GS4 我家人已接受我的疾病 0 1 2 3 4

GS5 我滿意家人間對我疾病的溝通方式 0 1 2 3 4

GS6 我覺得與我的伴侶 (或我主要支持者) 親近 0 1 2 3 4

Q1 不管你近期的性生活的程度，請回答下面的問題。如果你不回答，請在這裡註明

GS7 我對我的性生活感到滿意 0 1 2 3 4

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FACT-P (FACT-P ( 第四版第四版 ) (3)) (3)

情緒穩定狀況 一點也不 有一點 有些 相當 非常

GE1 我感到悲傷 0 1 2 3 4

GE2 我滿意自己處理疾病的方式 0 1 2 3 4

GE3 我逐漸失去對抗我的疾病的希望 0 1 2 3 4

GE4 我覺得緊張 0 1 2 3 4

GE5 我擔心死亡 0 1 2 3 4

GE6 我擔心我的狀況會惡化 0 1 2 3 4

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FACT-P (FACT-P ( 第四版第四版 ) (4)) (4) 功能健全狀況 一點也不 有一點 有些 相當 非常

GF1 我能夠工作 (包括在家的工作) 0 1 2 3 4

GF2 我的工作 (包括在家的工作) 令人滿意 0 1 2 3 4

GF3 我能夠享受生活 0 1 2 3 4

GF4 我已接受我的疾病 0 1 2 3 4

GF5 我睡得好 0 1 2 3 4

GF6 我依然享受我以前常做的有趣的事 0 1 2 3 4

GF7 我滿足我現在的生活品質 0 1 2 3 4

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FACT-P (FACT-P ( 第四版第四版 ) (5)) (5)

附加關注事項 一點也不 有一點 有些 相當 非常

C2 我的體重正在減輕當中 0 1 2 3 4

C6 我有好胃口 0 1 2 3 4

P1 身體的疼痛困擾著我 0 1 2 3 4

P2 我感到身體的某些部位有顯著的疼痛 0 1 2 3 4

P3 我的疼痛使我無法去做我想做的事 0 1 2 3 4

P4 我滿意目前的舒適程度 0 1 2 3 4

P5 我能夠覺得像一個男人 0 1 2 3 4

P6 我有排便的困難 0 1 2 3 4

P7 我解尿時有困難 0 1 2 3 4

BL2 我比以前頻尿

P8 我解尿的問題限制了我的活動 0 1 2 3 4

BL5 我能夠且維持勃起 0 1 2 3 4