Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Patient-Oriented Prostate Utility Scale (PORPUS).

Objective: The Patient-Oriented Prostate Utility Scale (PORPUS) is a combined profile and utility-based quality of life measure for prostate cancer patients. Our objectives were to adapt the PORPUS into Spanish and to assess its acceptability, reliability, and validity.

Methods: The PORPUS was adapted into Spanish using forward and back translations and cognitive debriefing.

Quality of life impact of treatments for localized prostate cancer: cohort study with a 5 year follow-up.

Purpose: To assess long-term quality of life (QoL) impact of treatments in localized prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy.

Material And Methods: Observational, prospective cohort study with pre-treatment QoL evaluation and follow-up until five years after treatment. 704 patients with low or intermediate risk localized prostate cancer were consecutively recruited in 2003-2005.

[Evaluation of the quality of life of patients with localizad prostate cancer: validation of the Spanish version of the EPIC].

Background And Objective: The EPIC (Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite) is a specific questionnaire for patients with prostate cancer designed to evaluate the impact of treatments on their quality of life. It contains 50 items divided in 4 summaries: urinary, intestinal, sexual and hormonal. The objective was to adapt the EPIC to Spanish and to evaluate its metric characteristics.