Table 4 Constructs measured for the construct validity
Construct | Operationalisation |
|---|---|
Appetite | Dutch VMS screening program (VMS) [18] |
Symptoms experienced on admission day | Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL) [19] |
Pain, experienced at moment of interview | Numeric rating scale (NRS) pain (0: no pain at all to 10: the worst imaginable pain) |
Fatigue, experienced at moment of interview | NRS fatigue (0: no fatigue at all to 10: the worst imaginable fatigue) |
Health-related quality of life at moment of interview | EQ-5D [20] |
Admission reason | Acute/ elective; diagnostic/ curative/ palliative |
Physical activity | Single question: ‘How often are you physically active for at least 30 min?’ with Likert scale |
Social functioning | 36-Item Short Form Survey Instrument (SF-36) – Social functioning [21] |
Goals on hospital admission | Open question: ‘What do you hope to accomplish with this hospitalisation?’ |