Domains of quality of life freely expressed by cancer patients and their caregivers: contribution of the SEIQoL

Zeinab Hamidou (1, 2) , Karine Baumstarck (2) , Olivier Chinot (3) , Fabrice Barlesi (4, 5) , Sébastien Salas (4, 5) , Tanguy Leroy (6) , Pascal Auquier (2)

1 CEF2P / CARCINO - Carcinogénèse épithéliale : facteurs prédictifs et pronostiques - UFC (UR 3181)
2 SPMC - Santé Publique et maladies Chroniques : Qualité de vie Concepts, Usages et Limites, Déterminants
3 Département de neurooncologie
4 Hôpital Nord [CHU - APHM]
5 CRO2 - Centre de Recherches en Oncologie biologique et Oncopharmacologie
6 GRePS - Groupe de Recherche en Psychologie Sociale

Background: The purposes of this study, performed on a large sample of cancer patient-caregiver dyads, were: i) to simultaneously investigate, using an individualized quality of life (QoL) measure (Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual QoL, SEIQoL), the QoL domains freely expressed by cancer patients and their caregivers, and ii) to explore overlapping between the SEIQoL assessment and QoL assessment using traditional instruments.

Mots clés: health; psychology; cancer; quality of life

Domaines: Psychologie

Zeinab Hamidou, Karine Baumstarck, Olivier Chinot, Fabrice Barlesi, Sébastien Salas, et al.. Domains of quality of life freely expressed by cancer patients and their caregivers: contribution of the SEIQoL. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2017, 6, pp.383 - 383. ⟨10.1186/1471-2288-14-115⟩. ⟨halshs-01562426⟩