Patient-reported outcome measures for physical function in cancer patients: content comparison of the EORTC CAT Core, EORTC QLQ-C30, SF-36, FACT-G, and PROMIS measures using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Table 2 Comparison of the characteristics of the PRO measures under investigation

	EORTC CAT Core	EORTC QLQ-C30	SF-36	PROMIS	PROMIS	FACT-G
	PF item bank	PF scale	PF scale	PF short-form 20a	PF cancer item bank	Physical Well-being scale
Number of items in questionnaire	31	5	10	20	45	7
Number of items that are covered by ICF categories	31	5	10	20	45	4
Number of different first-level ICF categories	3	2	3	4	6	6
Number of different second-level ICF categories	14	8	9	15	20	6
Number of different third-level ICF categories	30	10	13	23	39	6
Total number of third-level ICF categories assigned to items	49	10	19	30	79	6

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