Additionally, none of the generic measures have been validated in a breast cancer population, creating a need for validation of these measures for evaluating changes in self-reported general health status of patients with cancer as they transition from treatment phase to survivorship.
Depressive symptoms were ascertained using the Centre for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D), while exercise self-efficacy was ascertained using the Stanford Self-Efficacy scale; both measures have been validated [40,41].
Numerous behavioral pain measures have been validated for young children, but none is appropriate to assess pain in emergency departments (EDs), where caregivers need a simple, easily completed scale.
Other researchers have pointed out that until more culturally appropriate ADL measures have been validated for a particular population, it may be more reliable to focus on objective neuropsychological test performance, especially for comparison across international settings [23].
Some self-report measures have been validated and are thus feasible for use in large studies but the method is prone to misclassification and might not capture the type and true intensity of the physical exercise it is aimed to measure, leading to attenuated risk estimates.
All outcome measures have been validated in this population.
All these measures have been validated for use in pregnancy.
Quantitative measures have been validated and are fairly quick and easy to use.
