The cachexia assessment scale: development and psychometric properties.
Summary of "The cachexia assessment scale: development and psychometric properties."
Purpose/Objectives: To develop a tool to identify patients with cancer who suffer from cachexia throughout all stages of the disease.Design: Tool development study.Setting: Oncology day care, follow-up clinics, radiotherapy, and hospice home care.Sample: 90 patients with cancer (25 men and 65 women).Methods: The Cachexia Assessment Scale (CAS) was created based on a thorough review of the literature and was tested for its psychometric properties.Main Research Variables: Presence of cachexia.Findings: Measures of reliability were determined by inter-rater, test-retest, and internal consistency reliability. Measures of validity were content validity, criterion validity, sensitivity, and specificity.Conclusions: The CAS possesses adequate levels of reliability and validity and can be used to evaluate cachexia at all stages of cancer.Implications for Nursing: The CAS can be used as an assessment tool for cachexia in various treatment settings.
Affiliation
Oncology Palliative Care Unit, Clalit Health Services, Jerusalem, Israel.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Oncology nursing forum
ISSN: 1538-0688
Pages: 635-40
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20797955
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1188/10.ONF.635-640
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