Bernheim J L
Bull Cancer. 1986;73(5):614-9.
Biomedical advances to further the quality of life (QL) of cancer patients must nowadays be complemented by psycho-social evaluation and intervention. The challenge is to quantify the qualitative and to objectivate the subjective. To evaluate QL during treatment of individual patients, open interviews are unsurpassed. However, to measure QL of patient groups, questionnaires are necessary. Some examples from the QL literature illustrate the main drawbacks of questionnaires: lack of sensitivity, specificity, and iterative applicability. To circumvent these problems, it is suggested to add a global self-assessment of QL to questionnaires. Such an instrument, Anamnestic Comparative Self-Assessment is briefly described.
如今，为提高癌症患者生活质量（QL）的生物医学进展必须辅以心理社会评估和干预。挑战在于量化定性内容并使主观内容客观化。对于评估个体患者治疗期间的生活质量，开放式访谈是无与伦比的。然而，要测量患者群体的生活质量，问卷是必要的。生活质量文献中的一些例子说明了问卷的主要缺点：缺乏敏感性、特异性和反复适用性。为了规避这些问题，建议在问卷中增加对生活质量的整体自我评估。本文简要介绍了这样一种工具——记忆性比较自我评估。
