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Table 3 Scale structure of the final GC-PROM

From: GC-PROM: validation of a patient-reported outcomes measure for Chinese patients with gastric cancer

Domains

Subdomains

Item

Physical domain

Abdominal symptoms

1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-

Systemic symptoms

6-, 7-

Physical state

8-, 9-, 10-

Independence

11+,12+

Psychological domain

Anxiety

1-, 2-

Depressed

3-, 4-, 5-,6-

Pessimism

7-, 8-, 9-

Social domain

Social support

1+, 2+, 3+

Social adaptation

4+, 5+, 6+, 7+

Therapeutic domain

Effectiveness

1+, 2+, 3+

Satisfaction

4+, 5+

Compliance

6+, 7+, 8+

Drug side effects

9-, 10-

  1. Negative items were denoted by “-”. Positive items were denoted by “+”