Correction to: Validation of the German version of the late adolescence and young adulthood survivorship-related quality of life measure (LAYA-SRQL)

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Erratum The original article contained the following errors: On Page 2, the sub-heading ‘LAYA-SRQL’ was un-capitalised. On Page 4, the sentence, “The significant intercorrelations of the subscales revealed strong construct validity (Table 3).” incorrectly made reference to Table 4. On Page 4, the sentence, “Table 4 contains the correlations between the LAYA-SRQL satisfaction scale and the SF-12v2 subscales and the sum scores of PCS and MCS of the SF-12v2.” incorrectly made reference to Table 5. The original article [1] has now been updated to correct these errors; furthermore, these errors were the fault of the Production team carrying this article forward, and as such, these errors were not the fault of the author.

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Validation of the German version of the late adolescence and young adulthood survivorship-related quality of life measure (LAYA-SRQL)

Diana Richter, Anja Mehnert, Florian Schepper … (2018)

Background Cancer has adverse effects on patient’s quality of life. As such, measuring quality of life (QoL) has become an integral part of psycho-oncological health care. Because adolescent and young adult patients have different needs in contrast to children and older cancer patients, instruments for adequately measuring QoL of cancer survivors in this age range are essential. As there is not a corresponding instrument in Germany, we aimed to validate the German version of the Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood Survivorship-Related Quality of Life Measure (LAYA-SRQL), a 30-item questionnaire covering 10 dimensions related to QoL. Methods The LAYA-SRQL was translated into German following state-of-the-art criteria. We enrolled 234 adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients with different tumour entities aged between 16 and 39 years old. Factorial structure was tested using confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency was determined by Cronbach’s α. The Short Form Survey quality of life questionnaire (SF-12v2) was used to examine convergent validity. Results The 10-factor structure of the LAYA-SRQL was confirmed in the German sample, and the model shows high values of fit indicators: χ2 = 723.32 (df = 360, p 0.70 and total Cronbach’s α of 0.93. Convergent validity was demonstrated by high positive correlations between the LAYA-SRQL and the physical (r = 0.45) and mental component (r = 0.65) of the SF-12v2. Conclusions The German version of the LAYA-SRQL showed good psychometric properties. The instrument proved to be a highly reliable and valid instrument that can be recommended for use in the follow-up care of AYAs and for clinical research.

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D. Richter: Diana.Richter@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Health Qual Life Outcomes

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Health Qual Life Outcomes

Title: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 1477-7525

Publication date (Electronic): 30 January 2018

Publication date PMC-release: 30 January 2018

Publication date Collection: 2018

Volume: 16

Electronic Location Identifier: 26

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[1 ]ISNI 0000 0000 8517 9062, GRID grid.411339.d, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, , University Medical Center Leipzig, ; Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

[2 ]ISNI 0000 0000 8517 9062, GRID grid.411339.d, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, , University Medical Center Leipzig, ; Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

[3 ]ISNI 0000 0000 8517 9062, GRID grid.411339.d, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Hemostaseology, , University Medical Center Leipzig, ; Liebigstr. 20a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

[4 ]ISNI 0000 0001 0860 4915, GRID grid.63054.34, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Psychological Sciences Department, Bousfield Psychology Building, ; 406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020, Storrs, CT 06269 USA

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Publisher ID: 852

DOI: 10.1186/s12955-018-0852-8

PMC ID: 5791337

PubMed ID: 29382346

SO-VID: a35db5a4-8175-44a0-b5ad-9c7ecb248cd9

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Date received : 17 January 2018

Date accepted : 23 January 2018

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