From: Unbearability of suffering at the end of life: the development of a new measuring device, the SOS-V
 | Overall Questions on suffering of the SOS-V | QLQ C-30 | ||||||
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 | Extent of suffering | Unbearability of suffering | Hopelessness of suffering | Sum Score | ||||
SOS-V (sub)scale | a. Aspect present? | b. Suffering Unbearable? | a. Aspect present? | b. Suffering Unbearable? | a. Aspect present? | b. Suffering Unbearable? | a. Aspect present? | b. Suffering Unbearable? |
Domain I: Signs and symptoms | 0.71‡ | 0.70‡ | 0.51‡ | 0.42‡ | 0.64‡ | 0.74‡ | 0.71‡ | 0.61‡ |
Domain II: Loss of functions | 0.33†| 0.43‡ | 0.34†| 0.41‡ | 0.28†| 0.52‡ | 0.64‡ | 0.54‡ |
Domain III: Personal aspects | 0.64‡ | 0.62‡ | 0.53‡ | 0.58‡ | 0.64‡ | 0.70‡ | 0.36‡ | 0.38†|
Domain IV: Aspects of social environment | 0.35‡ | 0.30†| 0.46‡ | 0.43‡ | 0.29†| 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
Domain V: Nature and prognosis of disease | 0.56‡ | 0.57‡ | 0.33†| 0.27 | 0.70‡ | 0.73‡ | 0.23 | 0.30†|
Total SOS-V | 0.72‡ | 0.69‡ | 0.61‡ | 0.55‡ | 0.66‡ | 0.75‡ | 0.66‡ | 0.58‡ |