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Janelly Muriel Sanoguet1, José Rodríguez Gómez
1Programa Doctoral Sicología Clínica, Universidad Carlos Albizu, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Abstract:
The aim of this pioneer study is to begin to create and validate a scale to measure Quality of Life in cancer patients in Puerto Rico (ECVCA-PR) in order to provide local health professionals with a reliable instrument that help to measure attitudes that could affect different patient's quality of life aspects and allows knowing the needs of those cancer patients. Sample consisted of 32 patients (9 men, 23 women), between ages of 30 to 83 years that were receiving services (i.e., hospitalization, treatment, and follow up) at Dr. Isaac González Martínez Oncological Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The psychometric properties of the instrument indicate a reliability index (Cronbach's Alpha) of 0.927 with 164 items, an excellent index according to the literature.
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