Yosuke Aoyama, Eri Hoshino, Akihiko Shimomura, Chikako Shimizu, Tomoko Taniyama, Manami Tada, Nao Yoshida, Hitomi Sato, Kiyomi Nonogaki, Kazumasa Yamamoto, Taro Yamanaka, Rika Kizawa, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Kiyo Tanaka, Yoko Kobayashi, Nobuko Tamura, Yuko Tanabe, Yuji Miura, Yuichiro Kikawa, Juhee Cho, Hidetaka Kawabata
BACKGROUND: The Chemotherapy-induced Alopecia Distress Scale (CADS) is a patient-reported outcome measure for assessing distress associated with Chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA). This study aimed to confirm the psychometric validity of the Japanese version of the CADS (CADS-J). METHODS: A total of 132 patients with breast cancer who developed CIA were asked to complete the CADS-J twice at 2 week intervals to confirm test-retest reliability. The body image domain of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ) breast cancer-specific module, the self-esteem scale from the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the emotional domain of the EORTC QLQ Core 30 were used to confirm the convergent validity of the CADS-J...
December 11, 2023: Breast Cancer: the Journal of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society