作者
M Gacci, L Livi, Fabiola Paiar, B Detti, MS Litwin, Riccardo Bartoletti, G Giubilei, T Cai, M Mariani, M Carini
发表日期
2005/8/1
期刊
Urology
卷号
66
期号
2
页码范围
338-343
出版商
Elsevier
简介
OBJECTIVES
To validate an Italian version of the University of California-Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index (UCLA-PCI).
METHODS
Men with prostate cancer treated with radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) or external beam radiation (EBR) were retrospectively selected. Each subject was asked to complete the UCLA-PCI short form and the 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36) questionnaires (principal sample); a subgroup completed both questionnaires twice (retest sample). A linguistic translation and validation was performed. Psychometric properties were analyzed.
RESULTS
A total of 595 men were included in the study: 394 from the Department of Urology (treated with RRP) and 201 from the Department of Radiotherapy (treated with EBR). Of these, 75 patients (50 from the RRP group and 25 from the EBR group) were selected as the retest cohort. Internal consistency reliability of the SF-36 and …
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