EORTC QLQ-C30 Descriptive Analysis with the qlqc30 Command. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bascoul-Mollevi, Caroline; Castan, Florence; Azria, David; Gourgou-Bourgade, Sophie
• Is Part Of: Stata journal. Volume 15:Number 4(2015)
• Page Start: 1060
• Page End: 1074
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: dm0084 -- qlqc30 -- health-related quality of life -- QLQ-C30 -- functional scale -- symptom scale -- profile plot -- longitudinal plot; Statistics -- Periodicals; Statistics -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; 001.422
• DOI: 10.1177/1536867X1501500407
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1536-867X

Abstract

Health-related quality of life is often an endpoint in oncology clinical trials. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) developed the cancer-specific quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30), which includes five functions, nine symptoms, and a global health status. These questionnaires are completed by the patients themselves throughout the process of care. The recommended approaches for processing EORTC QLQ-C30 data are usually descriptive and graphic. Our aim was to develop a user-written command that provided an automatic descriptive analysis of EORTC QLQ-C30 data, consisting of profile plots per visit and longitudinal plots per functional and symptom scale.