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Reliability and validity of Japanese version of the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire assessed by application in palliative care wardsDepartment of Adult Health and Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Mie University, Mie, mayumi.t{at}nurse.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo
Department of Stress Science, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie
Department of Adult Health and Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Mie University, Mie
The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (MQOL), which consists of 16 items constructing physical, psychological, existential and support subscales and one item of overall quality of life (QOL), has been developed to assess QOL of terminal cancer patients. To examine if MQOL Japanese version (MQOL-J) is applicable, it was administered to 83 terminal cancer patients in palliative care wards several days after admission and then 7 to 10 days after the first interview. Cronbach’s
Key Words: cancer • existence • palliative care • quality of life
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coefficient for four subscales was 0.584—0.860. Sixteen items were classified into four factors by factor analysis, similar to the original English version. The results indicated that psychological and existential domains of the MQOL-J significantly related to overall QOL. Existential and support domains as well as overall QOL were significantly improved between the first and second interviews, although performance status assessed by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group worsened. It is suggested that MQOL-J can reflect perceived health status of terminal cancer patients.