We also tested a jittered version of the quick design with 4 8 s trials.
Patients completed the Greek SPADI, the Greek version of the Quick DASH (Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire) and the EuroQoL EQ-5D.
Depressive state was determined by the Japanese version of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology.
Validity of the English version of the Quick-FLIC was attested by its strong correlation with two other measures of quality of life, and its ability to detect differences between patients with different performance status and treatment status (each P<0.001).
In the present study of 327 English-speaking and 221 Chinese-speaking cancer patients, we validated the English version of the Quick-FLIC and further assessed the Chinese version.
All patients met DSM-IV criteria for MDD and completed during their intake assessment the LEAPS, the self-rated version of the Quick Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-SR), the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) and the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire HPQQ).
We have demonstrated that the English version of the Quick-FLIC correlated strongly with the FACT-G total and EORTC QLQ-C30 global scores, giving support to its concurrent validity.
This study examines whether it is possible to use the same 11 items of the English original to assess HRQoL in English, and looks at validity, reliability, internal consistency, and sensitivity to change of the English version of the Quick-FLIC.
> -wrap-foot> SMMSE-D Dutch version of the Standardised Mini Mental State Examination, Q mci- D Dutch version of the Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment Screen, MCI Mild Cognitive Impairment, NC Normal Cognition Comparisons of the AUC of ROC curves and the point estimates (cut-off scores), providing the optimal sensitivity and specificity, are presented in Fig. 2.
Physicians who were depressed were identified as those having a score of more than 11 on the Japanese version of the Quick Inventory Depressive Scale-Self Reported (QIDS-SR) [ 18, 19] The QIDS-SR comprised 16 questions on a 4 point Likert scale and measured the severity of depressive symptoms for the previous 7 days.
