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. 2016 Aug 16;12(23):2689–2699. doi: 10.2217/fon-2016-0298

Table 2. . Patient and caregiver surveys.

Instruments Information captured Ref.
Patient instruments
Modified Total Illness Burden Index
Baseline health status for all patients
[18]
SF-12v2 Health Survey
Overall quality of life and map utility
[19]
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate
Quality of life specific to prostate cancer
[20]
Brief Pain Inventory (Short Form)
Severity of pain and impact on daily functioning
[21]
Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire: Specific Health Problem
Work productivity through the course of disease
[22]
Service Satisfaction Scale for Cancer Care
Patient perspective on quality of care
[23]
Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer
Scope of issues contributing to patient anxiety related to prostate cancer; only using the prostate-specific antigen subscale
[24]
Caregiver instruments
Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer
Mental and emotional distress and burden to the patient caregiver
[25]
Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire, adapted for caregiving Absenteeism and presenteeism in patient caregivers [22]