TY - JOUR
T1 - Four Approaches for Determining Composite Scores for the Measurement of Transition in Cancer Scale
AU - Jeon, Sangchoon
AU - Schulman-Green, Dena
AU - McCorkle, Ruth
AU - Dixon, Jane K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Accepted for publication July 27, 2018. This research was supported by Mentored Research Scholar Grant MRSG08-292-05-CPPB to Dr. Schulman-Green from the American Cancer Society. The Yale School of Nursing Human Subjects Committee approved this study (Protocol 06-44). The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. Corresponding author: Sangchoon Jeon, PhD, Yale School of Nursing, P.O. Box 27399, West Haven, CT 06516 (e-mail: sangchoon.jeon@yale.edu).
Publisher Copyright:
© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Background We created the Measurement of Transitions in Cancer Scale to assess patients' perceptions of the extent of change they experience with cancer-related transitions and how well they feel they are managing these transitions. For some transitions, we found that the more change that was reported, the worse management was reported; however, the benchmark by which patients assess how well they have managed may vary with the extent of change. Objectives The aim of the study was to identify approaches to combine reports of extent and management of change. Methods Among women with breast cancer, we explored relationships of composite measures (arithmetic and geometric means, subtractive and proportional need for improvement) with other indicators of well-being (symptoms, anxiety, depression, uncertainty, self-efficacy, knowledge of care options, medical communication competence). We examined statistical significance using false rate discovery for multiple tests on correlations with clinical outcomes. Results Greater extent and less management were significantly associated with higher total symptoms, anxiety, depression, uncertainty, and less self-efficacy in Personal Transitions, but not in Care Transitions. The arithmetic and geometric means had weak correlations with clinical outcomes, whereas the subtractive and proportional need for improvement had significant correlations with most clinical outcomes both in Personal and Care Transitions. The combined proportional need for improvement in Personal Transitions was significantly associated with total symptoms, anxiety, depression, uncertainty, and self-efficacy. The Care Transitions score was also significantly associated with total symptoms, anxiety, uncertainty, and self-efficacy. Discussion These approaches can be applied to other aspects of self-management that require assessment of the extent and management of an experience. The four approaches yield different results. We recommend the need for improvement composites to capture correlations with the clinical outcomes.
AB - Background We created the Measurement of Transitions in Cancer Scale to assess patients' perceptions of the extent of change they experience with cancer-related transitions and how well they feel they are managing these transitions. For some transitions, we found that the more change that was reported, the worse management was reported; however, the benchmark by which patients assess how well they have managed may vary with the extent of change. Objectives The aim of the study was to identify approaches to combine reports of extent and management of change. Methods Among women with breast cancer, we explored relationships of composite measures (arithmetic and geometric means, subtractive and proportional need for improvement) with other indicators of well-being (symptoms, anxiety, depression, uncertainty, self-efficacy, knowledge of care options, medical communication competence). We examined statistical significance using false rate discovery for multiple tests on correlations with clinical outcomes. Results Greater extent and less management were significantly associated with higher total symptoms, anxiety, depression, uncertainty, and less self-efficacy in Personal Transitions, but not in Care Transitions. The arithmetic and geometric means had weak correlations with clinical outcomes, whereas the subtractive and proportional need for improvement had significant correlations with most clinical outcomes both in Personal and Care Transitions. The combined proportional need for improvement in Personal Transitions was significantly associated with total symptoms, anxiety, depression, uncertainty, and self-efficacy. The Care Transitions score was also significantly associated with total symptoms, anxiety, uncertainty, and self-efficacy. Discussion These approaches can be applied to other aspects of self-management that require assessment of the extent and management of an experience. The four approaches yield different results. We recommend the need for improvement composites to capture correlations with the clinical outcomes.
KW - composite score
KW - measurement
KW - patient-reported measure
KW - self-management
KW - transitiononcology patient
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U2 - 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000318
DO - 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000318
M3 - Article
C2 - 30247334
AN - SCOPUS:85058605749
SN - 0029-6562
VL - 68
SP - 57
EP - 64
JO - Nursing research
JF - Nursing research
IS - 1
M1 - 00318
ER -