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Translation and Validation of COST - FACIT (Version 2) Questionnaire into Hindi and Marathi to Assess Financial Toxicity in Indian Cancer Patients

Background  Cancer is one of the most expensive and exhaustive medical conditions with a huge impact on the financial condition of the patient and their family members. A lot of advancements have led to improvement in the survival of the patients but at a raised cost. Comprehensive Score for financi...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Amit, Kalra, Devanshi, Menon, Nandini, Gadgil, Durga, Pashilkar, Siddhi, Mokal, Smruti, Prabhash, Kumar, Noronha, Vanita
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2022
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9718603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36466977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1741074
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author Joshi, Amit
Kalra, Devanshi
Menon, Nandini
Gadgil, Durga
Pashilkar, Siddhi
Mokal, Smruti
Prabhash, Kumar
Noronha, Vanita
author_facet Joshi, Amit
Kalra, Devanshi
Menon, Nandini
Gadgil, Durga
Pashilkar, Siddhi
Mokal, Smruti
Prabhash, Kumar
Noronha, Vanita
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description Background  Cancer is one of the most expensive and exhaustive medical conditions with a huge impact on the financial condition of the patient and their family members. A lot of advancements have led to improvement in the survival of the patients but at a raised cost. Comprehensive Score for financial Toxicity - Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (COST - FACIT Version 2) is one such validated and widely used tool. Assessing the financial burden in our country is still far more challenging as COST - FACIT is available in the English language but not in any regional language. Hence, we decided to validate this tool in Hindi and Marathi languages. Material and Methods  A single-center, cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Uro-Oncology at the Tata Memorial Hospital. The original version of the COST - FACIT (Version 2) was translated from English into Hindi and Marathi languages, following the FACIT translation method and tested for content validity that included two forward translations, followed by reconciliation and a backward translation. The questionnaires were then approved by the FACIT team, and pilot testing was done for 20 patients (10 for each Hindi and Marathi language). Each of these 20 patients, after filling up the questionnaire themselves, was interviewed for any difficulty encountered during answering the questionnaire. Based on the suggestions or interpretations of this pilot testing, the necessary changes were incorporated in the final Hindi and Marathi questionnaires. Results  A total of 20 patients (10 each for Hindi and Marathi) were included for pilot testing of the questionnaire. The median age of the entire cohort was 61 years (27–79). The questionnaires showed good content and face validity and demonstrated a high internal consistency (Cronbach's α: 0.85 for Hindi, 0.89 for Marathi). Conclusion  The questionnaire COST - FACIT (Version 2) has been approved and validated in Hindi and Marathi languages by the FACIT team for use in clinical practice and studies.
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spelling pubmed-97186032022-12-03 Translation and Validation of COST - FACIT (Version 2) Questionnaire into Hindi and Marathi to Assess Financial Toxicity in Indian Cancer Patients Joshi, Amit Kalra, Devanshi Menon, Nandini Gadgil, Durga Pashilkar, Siddhi Mokal, Smruti Prabhash, Kumar Noronha, Vanita South Asian J Cancer Background  Cancer is one of the most expensive and exhaustive medical conditions with a huge impact on the financial condition of the patient and their family members. A lot of advancements have led to improvement in the survival of the patients but at a raised cost. Comprehensive Score for financial Toxicity - Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (COST - FACIT Version 2) is one such validated and widely used tool. Assessing the financial burden in our country is still far more challenging as COST - FACIT is available in the English language but not in any regional language. Hence, we decided to validate this tool in Hindi and Marathi languages. Material and Methods  A single-center, cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Uro-Oncology at the Tata Memorial Hospital. The original version of the COST - FACIT (Version 2) was translated from English into Hindi and Marathi languages, following the FACIT translation method and tested for content validity that included two forward translations, followed by reconciliation and a backward translation. The questionnaires were then approved by the FACIT team, and pilot testing was done for 20 patients (10 for each Hindi and Marathi language). Each of these 20 patients, after filling up the questionnaire themselves, was interviewed for any difficulty encountered during answering the questionnaire. Based on the suggestions or interpretations of this pilot testing, the necessary changes were incorporated in the final Hindi and Marathi questionnaires. Results  A total of 20 patients (10 each for Hindi and Marathi) were included for pilot testing of the questionnaire. The median age of the entire cohort was 61 years (27–79). The questionnaires showed good content and face validity and demonstrated a high internal consistency (Cronbach's α: 0.85 for Hindi, 0.89 for Marathi). Conclusion  The questionnaire COST - FACIT (Version 2) has been approved and validated in Hindi and Marathi languages by the FACIT team for use in clinical practice and studies. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2022-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9718603/ /pubmed/36466977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1741074 Text en MedIntel Services Pvt Ltd. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Joshi, Amit
Kalra, Devanshi
Menon, Nandini
Gadgil, Durga
Pashilkar, Siddhi
Mokal, Smruti
Prabhash, Kumar
Noronha, Vanita
Translation and Validation of COST - FACIT (Version 2) Questionnaire into Hindi and Marathi to Assess Financial Toxicity in Indian Cancer Patients
title Translation and Validation of COST - FACIT (Version 2) Questionnaire into Hindi and Marathi to Assess Financial Toxicity in Indian Cancer Patients
title_full Translation and Validation of COST - FACIT (Version 2) Questionnaire into Hindi and Marathi to Assess Financial Toxicity in Indian Cancer Patients
title_fullStr Translation and Validation of COST - FACIT (Version 2) Questionnaire into Hindi and Marathi to Assess Financial Toxicity in Indian Cancer Patients
title_full_unstemmed Translation and Validation of COST - FACIT (Version 2) Questionnaire into Hindi and Marathi to Assess Financial Toxicity in Indian Cancer Patients
title_short Translation and Validation of COST - FACIT (Version 2) Questionnaire into Hindi and Marathi to Assess Financial Toxicity in Indian Cancer Patients
title_sort translation and validation of cost - facit (version 2) questionnaire into hindi and marathi to assess financial toxicity in indian cancer patients
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9718603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36466977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1741074
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