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Table 4 Means and standard deviations, discriminative power and test–retest reliability of the Dutch SOSGOQ2.0

From: Translation and validation of the Dutch Spine Oncology Study Group Outcomes Questionnaire (SOSGOQ2.0) to evaluate health-related quality of life in patients with symptomatic spinal metastases

 

All patients

ECOG 0–1

ECOG 2–4

   

N

Mean

SD

Floor, n (%)

Ceiling, n (%)

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

t-test a

p

Test–retest reliability, ICC (95%CI) b,c

Physical function

147

67.0

22.0

0 (0.0)

5 (3.4)

86

79.9

14.6

59

49.5

17.0

11.9

 < 0.001

0.89 (0.81–0.94)

Pain

147

63.5

22.8

0 (0.0)

7 (4.8)

86

72.6

19.0

59

50.0

21.2

6.7

 < 0.001

0.88 (0.78–0.93)

Mental health

147

68.6

21.4

0 (0.0)

21 (14.3)

86

74.1

19.3

59

59.8

21.5

4.2

 < 0.001

0.68 (0.48–0.81)

Social function

145

58.9

14.9

0 (0.0)

2 (1.4)

85

62.8

12.1

58

52.9

16.8

4.1

 < 0.001

0.45 (0.17–0.66)

Neurol. Legs

147

3.7

1.2

-

-

86

4.1

1.0

59

3.3

1.4

4.1

 < 0.001

0.82 (0.69–0.90)

Neurol. Arms

147

4.3

0.9

-

-

86

4.6

0.7

59

3.9

1.1

4.9

 < 0.001

0.68 (0.48–0.81)

Neurol. Bowel

147

4.7

0.6

-

-

86

4.7

0.6

59

4.7

0.6

0.5

0.63

0.51 (0.25–0.70)

Neurol. Bladder

146

4.2

1.0

-

-

86

4.2

1.0

58

4.2

1.0

-0.1

0.96

0.84 (0.72–0.91)

Social function (without item 20)

144

75.0

22.8

1 (0.7)

43 (29.3)

85

83.2

17.8

57

62.1

23.7

6.1

 < 0.001

0.73 (0.55–0.84)

  1. Abbbreviations: ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient, Neurol. Neurological, SD Standard deviation
  2. aIndependent sample t-test result comparing patients with an ECOG performance score of 0–1 and 2–4 on SOSGOQ2.0 domains and Neurological function items
  3. bn = 43
  4. cICC ≥ 0.70 = acceptable or good reliability