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Table 3 Instruments

From: Health-related quality of life among long-term (≥5 years) prostate cancer survivors by primary intervention: a systematic review

 

Instrument

Abbreviation

Frequency

Instruments to

assess HRQoL

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Questionnaire (30-items)

EORTC QLQ-C30

3

36-item Short Form Health Survey

SF-36

7

12-item Short Form Health Survey & European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Questionnaire (30-items)

SF-12 & EORTC QLQ-C30

1

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Questionnaire (30-items) & Quality of Life-Cancer Survivors questionnaire

EORTC QLQ-C30 & QoL-CS

2

Instruments to assess PC symptoms

Brief Male Sexual Inventory & University of California Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index

BFSI & UCLA-PCI

1

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Prostate Cancer Specific Module (19 -items, pre-version of PR25)

EORTC QLQ-PR25/PR-19

1

Expanded Prostate Cancer Index & International Continence Society Male Short-Form questionnaire & Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

EPIC & ICSaleSF & ICIQ & HADs

1

Southwest Oncology Group Treatment Specific Measure

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1

Prostate Cancer Symptom Scale

PCSS

2

International Prostate Symptom Score & International Index of Erectile Function

IPSS & IIEF

1

University of California Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index

UCLA-PCI

2

International Prostate Symptom Score & University of California Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index

IPSS & UCLA-PCI

1

University of California Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index & Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

UCLA-PCI & HADS

1

Expanded Prostate Cancer Index & Dutch Sexual Activities Module

EPIC & SAc

1