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Pilot study for the Psychometric Validation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) in Korean Cancer Patients

PURPOSE: This study aimed to validate the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) as an effective tool for screening palliative care needs among Korean cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The English version of the SPARC was translated by four Korean oncologists and reconci...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Jung Hye, Baek, Sun Kyung, Kim, Do Yeun, Kim, Yu Jung, Lee, Myung Ah, Choi, Hye Jin, Byun, Ja Min, Jeong, Jin Young, Ahmedzai, Sam H, Jang, Geun-Doo
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Publicado: Korean Cancer Association 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7812019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32878428
http://dx.doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.235
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author Kwon, Jung Hye
Baek, Sun Kyung
Kim, Do Yeun
Kim, Yu Jung
Lee, Myung Ah
Choi, Hye Jin
Byun, Ja Min
Jeong, Jin Young
Ahmedzai, Sam H
Jang, Geun-Doo
author_facet Kwon, Jung Hye
Baek, Sun Kyung
Kim, Do Yeun
Kim, Yu Jung
Lee, Myung Ah
Choi, Hye Jin
Byun, Ja Min
Jeong, Jin Young
Ahmedzai, Sam H
Jang, Geun-Doo
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description PURPOSE: This study aimed to validate the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) as an effective tool for screening palliative care needs among Korean cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The English version of the SPARC was translated by four Korean oncologists and reconciled by a Korean language specialist and a medical oncologist fluent in English. After the first version of the Korean SPARC (K-SPARC) was developed, back-translation into English was performed by a professional translator and bilingual oncologist. The back-translated version was reviewed by the original author (S.H.A.), and modifications were made (ver. 2). The second version of the K-SPARC was tested against other questionnaires, including the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS). RESULTS: Thirty patients were enrolled in the pilot trial. Fifteen were male, and the median age was 64.5 years. Six patients had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 2 or more. All patients except one were receiving chemotherapy. Regarding internal consistency, the Cronbach’s α scores for physical symptoms, psychological issues, religious and spiritual issues, independency and activity, family and social issues, and treatment issues were 0.812, 0.804, 0.589, 0.843, 0.754, and 0.822, respectively. The correlation coefficients between the SPARC and FACT-G were 0.479 (p=0.007) for the physical domain and –0.130 (p=0.493) for the social domain. CONCLUSION: This pilot study indicates that the K-SPARC could be a reliable tool to screen for palliative care needs among Korean cancer patients. A further study to validate our findings is ongoing.
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spelling pubmed-78120192021-01-26 Pilot study for the Psychometric Validation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) in Korean Cancer Patients Kwon, Jung Hye Baek, Sun Kyung Kim, Do Yeun Kim, Yu Jung Lee, Myung Ah Choi, Hye Jin Byun, Ja Min Jeong, Jin Young Ahmedzai, Sam H Jang, Geun-Doo Cancer Res Treat Original Article PURPOSE: This study aimed to validate the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) as an effective tool for screening palliative care needs among Korean cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The English version of the SPARC was translated by four Korean oncologists and reconciled by a Korean language specialist and a medical oncologist fluent in English. After the first version of the Korean SPARC (K-SPARC) was developed, back-translation into English was performed by a professional translator and bilingual oncologist. The back-translated version was reviewed by the original author (S.H.A.), and modifications were made (ver. 2). The second version of the K-SPARC was tested against other questionnaires, including the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS). RESULTS: Thirty patients were enrolled in the pilot trial. Fifteen were male, and the median age was 64.5 years. Six patients had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 2 or more. All patients except one were receiving chemotherapy. Regarding internal consistency, the Cronbach’s α scores for physical symptoms, psychological issues, religious and spiritual issues, independency and activity, family and social issues, and treatment issues were 0.812, 0.804, 0.589, 0.843, 0.754, and 0.822, respectively. The correlation coefficients between the SPARC and FACT-G were 0.479 (p=0.007) for the physical domain and –0.130 (p=0.493) for the social domain. CONCLUSION: This pilot study indicates that the K-SPARC could be a reliable tool to screen for palliative care needs among Korean cancer patients. A further study to validate our findings is ongoing. Korean Cancer Association 2021-01 2020-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7812019/ /pubmed/32878428 http://dx.doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.235 Text en Copyright © 2021 by the Korean Cancer Association This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Kwon, Jung Hye
Baek, Sun Kyung
Kim, Do Yeun
Kim, Yu Jung
Lee, Myung Ah
Choi, Hye Jin
Byun, Ja Min
Jeong, Jin Young
Ahmedzai, Sam H
Jang, Geun-Doo
Pilot study for the Psychometric Validation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) in Korean Cancer Patients
title Pilot study for the Psychometric Validation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) in Korean Cancer Patients
title_full Pilot study for the Psychometric Validation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) in Korean Cancer Patients
title_fullStr Pilot study for the Psychometric Validation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) in Korean Cancer Patients
title_full_unstemmed Pilot study for the Psychometric Validation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) in Korean Cancer Patients
title_short Pilot study for the Psychometric Validation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC) in Korean Cancer Patients
title_sort pilot study for the psychometric validation of the sheffield profile for assessment and referral to care (sparc) in korean cancer patients
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7812019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32878428
http://dx.doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.235
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