Assessing cancer patients’ quality of life and supportive care needs: Translation-revalidation of the CARES in Flemish and exhaustive evaluation of concurrent validity

Table 5 Expected correlations of concurrent measures with CARES summary scales and global score

Summary scale and CARES global score	Concurrent instrument	Expected correlation^a
Physical	KPS	-
Psychosocial	HADS-A HADS-D	+
Psychosocial	SSL-I SSL-D	- +
Marital	MMQ-M	-
Sexual	MMQ-S	-
CARES Global score	EORTC-QLQ -C30	-
CARES Global score	DT	+
CARES Needs	Care Needs Questionnaire E. Pauwels	+

^a ‘-‘= negative correlation, ‘+’ = positive correlation
Abbreviations CARES Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System, KPS Karnofsky Performance status Scale, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, SSL-I Social Support List – Interactions, SSL-D Social Support List – Discrepancies, MMQ-M Maudsley Marital Questionnaire – Marital, MMQ-S Maudsley Marital Questionnaire – Sexual, EORTC-QLQ -C30 European Organisation of Research and Treatment for Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30, DT Distress Thermometer

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