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Validation and Application of MD Anderson Symptom Inventory Module for Patients with Bladder Cancer in the Perioperative Setting

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Simple Summary Patients’ perspectives should be incorporated into the perioperative care plan in patients with bladder cancer undergoing cystectomy. Our approach incorporated both patients’ perspectives and clinicians’ points of view… Click to show full abstract

Simple Summary Patients’ perspectives should be incorporated into the perioperative care plan in patients with bladder cancer undergoing cystectomy. Our approach incorporated both patients’ perspectives and clinicians’ points of view to develop and validate the MDASI-PeriOp-BLC module. The MDASI-PeriOp-BLC module was found to be a valid, reliable, and concise tool to assess symptom burden and functional recovery in this specific cohort of patients. Abstract Objectives: We developed and validated a disease-specific tool for perioperative patient-reported outcomes assessment for bladder cancer (BLC) patients undergoing radical cystectomy, The MD Anderson Symptom Inventory (the MDASI-PeriOp-BLC). Methods: Patients who underwent radical cystectomy were recruited. We used qualitative interviews and experts’ input to generate disease/treatment-specific items of the MDASI-PeriOp-BLC module; conducted item reduction; examined the psychometric properties of the resultant items for reliability, validity, and clinical interpretability; and conducted cognitive debriefing interviews to assess the tool’s performance. Results: A total of 150 BLC patients contributed to psychometric validation. We identified and defined eight BLC-specific module items (blood in urine, leaking urine, frequent urination, urinary urgency, burning with urination, constipation, changes in sexual function, and stomal problems). We included those 8 items in addition to 13 MDASI core symptoms and 6 interference items to form the MDASI-PeriOp-BLC module. Cronbach alphas were 0.89 and 0.90 for the 21 severity items and the 6 interference items, respectively. Test–retest reliability (intra-class correlation) was 0.92 for the 21 severity items. The MDASI-PeriOp-BLC module significantly differentiated the patients by performance status (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: The MDASI-PeriOp-BLC is a valid, reliable, and concise tool for monitoring symptom burden during perioperative care in BLC patients undergoing radical cystectomy.

Keywords: blc module; mdasi periop; blc; periop blc; bladder cancer; module

Journal Title: Cancers
Year Published: 2022

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