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Health-related quality of life (FACT-GP) in Sweden
Ann-Sophie Lindqvist Bagge
University of Gothenburg
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-8233
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Background: Many studies have used disease-specific instruments, such as the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT), when studying health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients. Few studies however, have described normative HRQOL values in the general population using FACT - General Population (FACT-GP) . The general aim of the present study is thus to describe the normative HRQOL values in the general Swedish population by using the FACT-GP instrument and to investigate to what degree sociodemographic factors and status of self-rated health (SRH) correlate with HRQOL.
Methods: The participants consisted of a pre-stratified (gender, age and education) sample of Swedish citizens that previously had enrolled to be a part of a web panel hosted by a research institute (SOM Institute) at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The HRQOL was assessed by using the FACT-GP and SRH.
Results: A higher FACT-GP score was mainly associated with males, higher age, higher income and better SRH. The results showed that the Swedish sample scored lower on FACT-GP than previous studies.
Conclusions: Since HRQOL is frequently used as an important endpoint in healthcare research, there is an increasing need for normative data. The results from this study serve as a general population standard against which other studied HRQOL-data could be evaluated.
Keywords
Health-related quality of life, HRQOL, the functional assessment of cancer therapy - general population, FACT-GP, self-rated health, SRH, normative data
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Health-related quality of life (FACT-GP) in Sweden
Ann-Sophie Lindqvist Bagge
University of Gothenburg
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-8233
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On 19 May, 2020
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Editor invited
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Review #2 received
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Received 30 Apr, 2020
Editorial decision: Minor Revision
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Reviewer #2 agreed
On 17 Apr, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 17 Apr, 2020
Editor assigned
On 15 Apr, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 15 Apr, 2020
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On 14 Apr, 2020
Editor invited
On 14 Apr, 2020
No comments provided
Editorial decision: Major Revision
On 12 Feb, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 11 Feb, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 03 Feb, 2020
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On 22 Dec, 2019
Reviewers invited
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On 19 Dec, 2019
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On 18 Dec, 2019
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Background: Many studies have used disease-specific instruments, such as the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT), when studying health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients. Few studies however, have described normative HRQOL values in the general population using FACT - General Population (FACT-GP) . The general aim of the present study is thus to describe the normative HRQOL values in the general Swedish population by using the FACT-GP instrument and to investigate to what degree sociodemographic factors and status of self-rated health (SRH) correlate with HRQOL.
Methods: The participants consisted of a pre-stratified (gender, age and education) sample of Swedish citizens that previously had enrolled to be a part of a web panel hosted by a research institute (SOM Institute) at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The HRQOL was assessed by using the FACT-GP and SRH.
Results: A higher FACT-GP score was mainly associated with males, higher age, higher income and better SRH. The results showed that the Swedish sample scored lower on FACT-GP than previous studies.
Conclusions: Since HRQOL is frequently used as an important endpoint in healthcare research, there is an increasing need for normative data. The results from this study serve as a general population standard against which other studied HRQOL-data could be evaluated.