Overview
The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Colorectal (FACT-C) is a measure which assesses the quality-of-life of colorectal cancer patients. This self-report instrument combines specific concerns related to colorectal cancer with those that are common to all cancer patients. It has been shown to have good internal consistency, reliability and concurrent validity, as well as an ability to distinguish between groups based on functional status and extent of disease. The FACT-C has also been found to be sensitive to changes in functional status and the colorectal cancer-specific items have been found to have adequate convergent and divergent validity.
MEASURE NAME:
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Colorectal (FACT-C)
VERSION:
4
NUMBER OF ITEMS:
36
PATIENT POPULATION:
Colorectal cancer patients 18 years and older
RECALL PERIOD:
Past 7 days
RESPONSE SCALE:
5 point Likert-type scale
DATA COLLECTION:
Paper and electronic
ADMINISTRATION:
Self-administration and interview when applicable
SUBSCALE DOMAINS:
Physical Well-Being, Social/Family Well-Being, Emotional Well-Being, Functional Well-Being, Colorectal Cancer Subscale
TIME FOR COMPLETION:
10-15 minutes
SCORING:
Manual scoring template, some items are reverse scored. Subscale scores, total scores and TOI scores possible. SAS/SPSS algorithms available.
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Language Availability
Available translations of the FACT-C can be obtained by registering for permission. Users are not permitted to translate the FACT-C without permission from FACIT.org. Permission from FACIT.org to translate the FACT-C may also be contingent upon timeline expectations and availability of FACIT staff. Translations must undergo a rigorous methodology under the guidance of FACIT.org which includes multiple translators, QA steps and cognitive interviews with patients. For commercial use, FACITtrans is the approved translation vendor to translate the FACIT measurement system.
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Licensing
Licensing fees are assessed on a per trial/per measure basis for commercial use. There is no fee for use of the English version, but a license should be obtained.
Non-commercial use is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Licensing fees are typically not applied to investigator-initiated research, students, or clinical use.
To license an available version of this measure for commercial or non-commercial use, please complete our registration form. All of the information provided in the form will be kept strictly confidential. For questions, please contact us.
Selected References
Chandramohan, K., Pandey, M., KR, S., Sebastian, P., & Thomas, B. Reliability of the Malayalam FACT-Colorectal and predictors of QOL in patients with colorectal carcinoma. World Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 2012; 1: 19-28.
Lynch, B., Cerin, E., Owen, N., Hawkes, A., & Aitken, J. Prospective Relationships of Physical Activity With Quality of Life Among Colorectal Cancer Survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2008; 26(27): 4480-4487. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.7917.
Ward, W., Hahn, E., Mo, F., Hernandez, L., Tulsky, D., & Cella, D. Reliability and Validity of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal (FACT-C) Quality of Life Instrument. Quality of Life Research, 1999; 8(3): 181-195.
Bonomi, A.E., Cella, D.D., Hahn, E.A., Bjordal, K., Sperner, B., Gangeri, L., Bergman, B., Willems, J., Hanquet, P., & Zittoun, R. Multilingual translation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) quality of life measurement system. Quality of Life Research 1996; 5: 309-320.
Eremenco, S., Arnold, B., Cella, D. A comprehensive method for the translation and cross-cultural validation of health status questionnaires. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2005; 28(2): 212-232.
Webster K., Cella D., Yost K. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) measurement system: Properties applications, and interpretation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003; 1(1): 79-85.
Yost K.J., Eton D.T. Combining distribution- and anchor-based approaches to determine minimally important differences: The FACIT experience. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2005; 28(2): 172-191.
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