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General Population and Cancer Patient Norms for the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)
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.
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“And lastly, the FACT-G Total (52.5 SD = 13) was lower than normative reference of a) the general American population 80.1 (SD = 18.1) b) a large heterogeneous sample of adult cancer patients 80.9 (SD = 17.0) (Brucker et al., 2005).”
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- Authors
- Brucker, P. S., Yost, K., Cashy, J., Webster, K., & Cella, D.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Brucker, Penny S.
- Venue
- Evaluation & the Health Professions
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-06
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 192-211
- ISSN
- 0163-2787 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3918
- OpenAlex
- W2019970875
- Cited by
- 528
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Evaluation & the Health Professions (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Keywords
- FACT-G, reference values, health-related quality of life, cancer patients, general population, reference groups, cancer survivorship, quality of life instruments
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reference Values, United States
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