Research project

EORTC QLQ-AYA30 Validation Study

Project overview

The project covers the last phase of the development of an EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaires for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer and follows on from previous funded EORTC Quality of Life Group Projects led by Professor Anne-Sophie Darlington. The aim of the project is to field test the EORTC QLQ-AYA30 and its subscales in an international group of adolescents and young adults with cancer to determine the questionnaire's acceptability, reliability, validity, responsiveness and cross-cultural applicability.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Anne-Sophie Darlington

Personal Chair
Research interests
  • Measurement of quality of life
  • Development of quality of life instruments
  • Investigating the relationship between coping strategies and well-being
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Other researchers

Dr Jamal Hossain PhD, MSc, PGCAP, FHEA

Lecturer in Applied Health Statistics
Research interests
  • Applied health statistics, longitudinal and outcomes research
  • Multilevel, longitudinal and quasi-experimental methods for health services and workforce res…
  • Measurement error, spatial uncertainty and privacy-preserving geospatial statistics
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Research outputs