Magda Eriksson-Liebon, Johan Lundgren, Patrik Rytterström, Peter Johansson, Ghassan Mourad
Experience of internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy among patients with non-cardiac chest pain
Journal of clinical nursing
complement hard variables generally used assessment different treatments cancer chronic diseases developed hardened succinct quantitative index measure quality life qlindex survivors designed use physicians five items range scores 010 used pretests validation tests 150 physicians rate 879 patients median completion time one minute fiftynine percent physicians reported least confident accuracy scores established predetermined criteria validity field work commenced evaluated index using convergent discriminant approaches construct validity well content validity qlindex convergent discriminant content validity among cancer patients patients chronic physical diseases assessment internal consistency demonstrated high coefficient cronbachs 0775 interrater spearman rank correlation high statistically significant rho 081 p 0001 independent scores two physicians compared doctors ratings compared selfratings patients rho 061 p 0001 aim provide new measure help physicians assess relative benefits risks various treatments serious illness supportive programs palliative care hospice service qlindex however suitable measuring classifying quality life ostensibly healthy people