Revision of the Chinese Version of the FACT-B for Patients with Breast Cancer / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To revise and evaluate the Chinese version of the FACT-B. Method: The Chinese version of the FACT-B was translated from the original one, after back-translated and culture adaptation, it was applied to 165 patients with breast cancer. Result: The test-retest reliability of five domains, such as physical well-being, social/family well-being, emotional well-being, functional well-being, additional concerns and the overall scale were 0.82～0.89. The internal consistency alpha for the five domains were 0.61～0.84. After admission to hospital 2-4 weeks, the quality of life of patients showed some change in this scale. Conclusion: The Chinese version of the FACT-B has good psychometric quality and can be used to assess the quality of life of Chinese patients with breast cancer.