Psychometric testing of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group—Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-Ntx) subscale in a longitudinal study of cancer patients treated with chemotherapy
Cheng H, Lopez V, Lam S, Leung A, Li Y, Wong K, Au J, Sundar R, Chan A, De Ng T, Suen L, Chan C, Yorke J, Molassiotis A. Psychometric testing of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group—Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-Ntx) subscale in a longitudinal study of cancer patients treated with chemotherapy. Health And Quality Of Life Outcomes 2020, 18: 246. PMID: 32703223, PMCID: PMC7376939, DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01493-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group-NeurotoxicityFACT/GOG-Ntx subscalePatients treated with chemotherapyCancer patients treated with chemotherapyFACT/GOG-NtxAssessment pointsFunctional assessmentNational Cancer Institute Common Terminology CriteriaInternal consistency reliabilityPeripheral Neuropathy ScaleEORTC QLQ-CIPN20Longitudinal studyEuropean Organization for ResearchResultsCronbach’s alpha coefficientCommon Terminology CriteriaLight touch testMotor itemsLow-to-moderateConsistency reliabilityAlpha coefficientEvaluate CIPNQLQ-CIPN20Four-factor structurePsychometric analysisMonofilament test