BOMET-QoL-10 questionnaire for breast cancer patients with bone metastasis: the prospective MABOMET GEICAM study

A Barnadas, M Muñoz, M Margelí, J I Chacón, J Cassinello, S Antolin, E Adrover, M Ramos, E Carrasco, M A Jimeno, B Ojeda, X González, S González, M Constenla, J Florián, A Miguel, A Llombart, A Lluch, M Ruiz-Borrego, R ColomerS Del Barco

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Bone metastasis (BM) is the most common site of disease in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients. BM impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We tested prospectively the psychometric properties of the Bone Metastasis Quality of Life (BOMET-QoL-10) measure on MBC patients with BM.

METHODS: Patients completed the BOMET-QoL-10 questionnaire, the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain, and a self-perceived health status item at baseline and at follow-up visits. We performed psychometric tests and calculated the effect size of specific BM treatment on patients´ HRQoL.

RESULTS: Almost 70% of the 172 patients reported symptoms, 23.3% experienced irruptive pain, and over half were receiving chemotherapy. BOMET-QoL-10 proved to be a quick assessment tool performing well in readability and completion time (about 10 min) with 0-1.2% of missing/invalid data. Although BOMET-QoL-10 scores remained fairly stable during study visits, differences were observed for patient subgroups (e.g., with or without skeletal-related events or adverse effects). Scores were significantly correlated with physician-reported patient status, patient-reported pain, symptoms, and perceived health status. BOMET-QoL-10 scores also varied prospectively according to changes in pain intensity.

CONCLUSIONS: BOMET-QoL-10 performed well as a brief, easy-to-administer, useful, and sensitive HRQoL measure for potential use for clinical practice with MBC patients.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT03847220. Retrospectively registered on clinicaltrials.gov (February the 20th 2019).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72
JournalJournal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Dec 2019

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