Mapping the EORTC item library to the World Health Organization international classification of functioning, disability and health: a content analysis
Hayat Hamzeh, Shaista Meer, Maria Rothmund-Grenier, Nathalie Egeter, Emma Lidington, Dagmara Kuliś, Mogens Groenvold, Johannes M Giesinger, Alexandra Gilbert, Claire Piccinin · 2026
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Hayat Hamzeh and colleagues mapped the content of cancer quality-of-life questions onto a World Health Organization framework in a 2026 content analysis. The questions come from the EORTC Item Library, a pool of items that researchers use to build custom questionnaires for cancer studies.
Trained reviewers applied the official linking rules of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, which sorts health into body functions, activities, participation, and surroundings. Counts of the links show which parts of daily life the item pool covers well and which it barely touches. That map helps trial teams pick items with fewer blind spots when they judge how treatment affects patients' lives.
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| CREATOR | Hayat Hamzeh, Shaista Meer, Maria Rothmund-Grenier, Nathalie Egeter, Emma Lidington, Dagmara Kuliś, Mogens Groenvold, Johannes M Giesinger, Alexandra Gilbert, Claire Piccinin |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52770 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |