Kulis, Dagmara and Arnott, Maria and Greimel, Elfriede R. and Bottomley, Andrew and Koller, Michael (2011) Trends in translation requests and arising issues regarding cultural adaptation. EXPERT REVIEW OF PHARMACOECONOMICS & OUTCOMES RESEARCH, 11 (3). pp. 307-314. ISSN 1473-7167, 1744-8379
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Quality of life has become an important end point in clinical trials and academic studies. The questionnaires developed by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Group are widely used to measure quality of life in cancer patients. The expanding geographical coverage of current studies and trials implies a continuous rise in requests for new language versions of the questionnaires. Together with normal linguistic problems in translation, cultural differences come into play, especially in translations into non-European languages. Two types of such problems can be differentiated: first, specific issues related to culturally dependent activities or phenomena; second, topical issues related to taboos. These translation challenges have to be carefully addressed to ensure the equivalence and validity of the final questionnaires.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | QUALITY-OF-LIFE; ITEM FUNCTIONING ANALYSES; CLINICAL-TRIALS; EORTC QLQ-C30; CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRES; VERSION; culture; patient-reported outcomes; quality of life; questionnaires; translations |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Klinische Studien |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2020 08:32 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2020 08:32 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/20683 |
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