Hinz Andreas, Schulte Thomas, Ernst Jochen, Mehnert-Theuerkauf Anja
Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Rehabilitation Clinic Bad Oexen, 32549 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 14;14(8):1991. doi: 10.3390/cancers14081991.
Instruments for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) generally do not consider the subjective importance of the dimensions they comprise. The aims of this study were to analyze the subjectively perceived importance of the dimension of HRQoL and to investigate their relationship to the satisfaction ratings with these dimensions. A total of 1108 participants enrolled in a cancer rehabilitation program were surveyed. Patients rated eight dimensions of HRQoL (physical functioning, autonomy, emotional stability, cognitive functioning, social relationships, vitality, absence of pain, and sleep quality), as well as global health in terms of how important those dimensions are to them, and how satisfied they are with them. The dimensions with the highest importance ratings were autonomy and social relationships. There were only small sex differences in the importance ratings, but younger patients rated health as being more important than older patients did. The correlations between the importance ratings and the satisfaction ratings of the specific HRQoL dimensions ranged from -0.06 to 0.40, and the correlation between importance and satisfaction for global health was 0.01. Importance ratings provide relevant information for health care professionals in addition to the HRQoL assessments in the context of cancer rehabilitation.
用于测量健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）的工具通常并不考虑其所包含维度的主观重要性。本研究的目的是分析HRQoL维度的主观感知重要性，并调查其与这些维度满意度评分之间的关系。对1108名参加癌症康复项目的参与者进行了调查。患者对HRQoL的八个维度（身体功能、自主性、情绪稳定性、认知功能、社会关系、活力、无疼痛和睡眠质量）以及整体健康进行了评分，内容包括这些维度对他们的重要程度以及他们对这些维度的满意程度。重要性评分最高的维度是自主性和社会关系。在重要性评分方面，性别差异很小，但年轻患者比老年患者更看重健康。特定HRQoL维度的重要性评分与满意度评分之间的相关性在-0.06至0.40之间，整体健康的重要性与满意度之间的相关性为0.01。除了癌症康复背景下的HRQoL评估外，重要性评分还为医疗保健专业人员提供了相关信息。
