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PRRS Patient Roles and Responsibilities Scale For cancer patients LICENSE THIS MEASURE Overview Language Availability Licensing Selected References Related Measures Overview Overview The Patient Roles and Responsibilities Scale (PRRS) was developed to enable a broader evaluation of the impact of cancer and cancer treatment, measuring ‘real world’ roles and responsibilities such as caring for others and financial and employment responsibilities. Version 2, modified in 2024, removes two items from the Jobs and Careers Subscale. MEASURE NAME: Patient Roles and Responsibilities Scale (PRRS) VERSION: 2 NUMBER OF ITEMS: 16 to 23 PATIENT POPULATION: Cancer patients 18 years and older RECALL PERIOD: Past 7 days RESPONSE SCALE: 5 point Likert-type scale DATA COLLECTION: Paper and electronic ADMINISTRATION: Self-administration and interview when applicable SUBSCALE DOMAINS: Responsibilities and Social Life, Family Well-being, Financial Well-Being, Jobs and Careers TIME FOR COMPLETION: 5-10 minutes SCORING: Manual scoring template RELATED MEASURES: CRRS , FACT-G Caregiver , FACT-G7 DOWNLOAD MEASURE IN ENGLISH DOWNLOAD SCORING DOCUMENT Language Availability Available translations of the PRRS can be obtained when licensing the measure. Users are not permitted to translate the PRRS without prior permission from FACIT.org. Permission may also be contingent upon timeline expectations and availability of FACIT staff. Translations must undergo a rigorous methodology under the guidance of FACIT.org which includes multiple translators and cognitive interviews with patients. For commercial use, FACITtrans is the approved translation vendor of the PRRS. Please contact us for more information. VIEW AVAILABLE LANGUAGES Language Availability Licensing Licensing Licensing fees are assessed on a per trial/per measure basis for commercial use. There is no fee for use of the English version, but a license should be obtained. Non-commercial use is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Licensing fees are typically not applied to investigator-initiated research, students, or clinical use. To license an available version of this measure for commercial or non-commercial use, please complete our registration form . All of the information provided in the form will be kept strictly confidential. For questions, please contact us . LICENSE THIS MEASURE Selected References Selected References Shilling, V., Starkings, R., Jenkins, V. et al. Development and validation of the patient roles and responsibilities scale in cancer patients. Qual Life Res 27 , 2923–2934 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-018-1940-2. LICENSE THIS MEASURE Related Measures Related Measures CRRS Caregiver Roles and Responsibilities Scale LEARN MORE FACT-G Caregiver Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – General – Caregiver Version LEARN MORE FACT-G7 Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General - 7 Item Version LEARN MORE

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All items in the FACIT Searchable library were created with direct input from patients and expert clinicians, and tested for comprehension by native speakers of the languages into which each item has been translated. The FACIT Searchable Library The FACIT Measurement System is a compilation of over 100 distinct self-report questionnaires that assess a wide variety of symptoms, functional abilities, general perceptions of health and well-being, and other aspects of health-related quality of life. These measures are comprised of over 700 unique items appropriate for use with adults aged 18 and over, and more than 130 items appropriate for children ages 8-18. Most FACIT items have demonstrated face and content validity, and were created with direct input from patients and expert clinicians. Many items have also been translated into nearly 80 languages (reaching over 100 countries) using a standardized, rigorous translation methodology and tested for comprehension by native speakers. All items in the FACIT Searchable library were created with direct input from patients and expert clinicians, and tested for comprehension by native speakers of the languages into which each item has been translated. Until 2017, people used these items via static FACIT questionnaires in a fixed, validated format. Now, with the introduction of the FACIT Searchable Library, one can create a custom form using the site’s Build-a-PRO function and include only those FACIT items most relevant to one’s study or purpose. While doing so does not instantly “validate” the custom composition, it does create an opportunity to select specific items relevant to the research question at hand, using content valid items that have undergone careful translation into other languages. It also allows for the opportunity to pursue validation of the assembled set of questions using standard questionnaire validation practice. Two recent trends have led us to provide this new approach: One is the introduction of item response theory (IRT) into health measurement. One of the guiding principles of IRT measurement is the basic ‘fungibility’ of items measuring the same underlying concept, or domain. In an IRT-calibrated item bank, one can “pick-and choose” items from that bank, according to their content relevance in a given setting. The score obtained is generalizable to other studies or samples that may have used a different set of items from the same bank. Given this, the introduction of IRT into health measurement has led to the question of whether or not more classically-developed measurement systems such as FACIT could consider the value of customized individual item selection. Some FACIT items have become incorporated into or linked with national item banks such as PROMIS and Neuro-QoL, and these could indeed be scored on those national metrics. However, most FACIT items have not been incorporated or linked to existing IRT item banks and would therefore not be able to produce interpretable scores beyond the single item raw score, which is the starting point for most custom forms. The second trend leading to this new approach has been increasing pressure from government and private sectors, including patient advocates, to ask only those questions that are directly relevant to the hypothesis of a given study or treatment comparison. This pressure has been growing for several years, culminating in the release of the National Cancer Institute’s Patient Reported Outcome Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE), which is a set of 124 items that query 78 symptom terms from the larger (clinician-rated) CTCAE v4.0. The FACIT Searchable Library covers all of the PRO-CTCAE major categories, maps to 55 of its 78 symptom terms, and addresses several other disease symptoms and treatment adverse events. Similar to how the PRO-CTCAE is deployed, any user could sample questions from the FACIT Searchable Library and evaluate, in descriptive fashion, how one treatment compared to another, on an item-by-item basis. Below are five easy steps to build a custom assessment from the FACIT Searchable Library: Step 1: Educate yourself on the content of the item library. Search by Symptom, Function, General Perceptions, or Other. Or search by PRO-CTCAE category for comparison. Step 2: Evaluate the fit of item content to your research goal. Think in terms of item content, relevance, readability, and language availability. Step 3: Using the ‘Build-a-PRO’ function, create a custom form in English. Register to request permission for use. Step 4: Validate your new questionnaire with data you collect as to its scalability and responsiveness. Step 5: Publish your results and cite the FACIT Searchable Item Library as your source for items. Some frequently asked questions: There was a technical issue on our end. Try again or refresh. Standardized static, validated FACIT questionnaires range in length from 4-60 items. The practice of selecting an established, fixed FACIT questionnaire is still recommended for any investigator or clinician wishing to obtain a valid, interpretable score on the endpoints provided by that FACIT questionnaire. But custom form development may be useful for some researchers in need of a novel, functional method for more targeted assessment. To explore the FACIT Searchable Library and its potential for custom generated forms using FACIT items, click below. By clicking below, you will be directed to the FACIT Searchable Library section of our website. You can find more specific information about the FACIT Searchable Library in the FAQ’s section. We hope you find this latest iteration of our measurement system as interesting as we do. Go To The FACIT Searchable Library

FACIT-D Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Diarrhea For patients with Diarrhea LICENSE THIS MEASURE Overview Language Availability Licensing Selected References Related Measures Overview Overview Below are the details for the FACIT-D measure: MEASURE NAME: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Diarrhea (FACIT-D) VERSION: 4 NUMBER OF ITEMS: 38 PATIENT POPULATION: Patients 18 and older experiencing diarrhea RECALL PERIOD: Past 7 days RESPONSE SCALE: 5 point Likert-type scale DATA COLLECTION: Paper and electronic ADMINISTRATION: Self-administration and interview when applicable SUBSCALE DOMAINS: Physical Well-Being, Social/Family Well-Being, Emotional Well-Being, Functional Well-Being, Diarrhea Subscale TIME FOR COMPLETION: 10-15 minutes SCORING: Manual scoring template, some items are reverse scored. Subscale scores, total scores and TOI scores possible. RELATED MEASURES: FACIT-AD , FAIT-F , FAIT-U DOWNLOAD MEASURE IN ENGLISH DOWNLOAD SCORING DOCUMENT Language Availability Available translations of the FACIT-D can be obtained by registering for permission. Users are not permitted to translate the FACIT-D without permission from FACIT.org. Permission from FACIT.org to translate the FACIT-D may also be contingent upon timeline expectations and availability of FACIT staff. Translations must undergo a rigorous methodology under the guidance of FACIT.org which includes multiple translators, QA steps and cognitive interviews with patients. For commercial use, FACITtrans is the approved translation vendor to translate the FACIT measurement system. Please contact us for more information. VIEW AVAILABLE LANGUAGES Language Availability Licensing Licensing Licensing fees are assessed on a per trial/per measure basis for commercial use. There is no fee for use of the English version, but a license should be obtained. Non-commercial use is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Licensing fees are typically not applied to investigator-initiated research, students, or clinical use. To license an available version of this measure for commercial or non-commercial use, please complete our registration form . All of the information provided in the form will be kept strictly confidential. For questions, please contact us . LICENSE THIS MEASURE Selected References Selected References Bonomi, A.E., Cella, D.D., Hahn, E.A., Bjordal, K., Sperner, B., Gangeri, L., Bergman, B., Willems, J., Hanquet, P., & Zittoun, R. Multilingual translation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) quality of life measurement system. Quality of Life Research 1996; 5: 309-320. Eremenco, S., Arnold, B., Cella, D. A comprehensive method for the translation and cross-cultural validation of health status questionnaires. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2005; 28(2): 212-232. Webster K., Cella D., Yost K. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) measurement system: Properties applications, and interpretation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003; 1(1): 79-85. Yost K.J., Eton D.T. Combining distribution- and anchor-based approaches to determine minimally important differences: The FACIT experience. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2005; 28(2): 172-191. LICENSE THIS MEASURE Related Measures Related Measures FACIT-AD Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Abdominal Discomfort LEARN MORE FAIT-F Functional Assessment of Incontinence Therapy – Fecal LEARN MORE FAIT-U Functional Assessment of Incontinence Therapy – Urinary LEARN MORE

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Over 25 years of improving patient health status measurement. FACIT.org History OVER 25 YEARS OF IMPROVING PATIENT HEALTH STATUS MEASUREMENT 1990’s 1997 Late 90’s Mid-2000’s 2018 2019 2021 2023 2025 TODAY 1980’s FACIT.org is the licensing entity for the well-known FACIT measurement system. Because of its strong development and validation processes plus its exceptional measurement characteristics, the FACIT System is widely used in clinical and academic research, as well as in clinical trials to capture the patient's perspective of their disease, treatment or condition. 1980s 1980’s The patient's perspective in focus Renowned health outcomes researcher David Cella, Ph.D., develops the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) questionnaire while completing his post-doctoral studies at Memorial Sloan Cancer Center in New York. (Cella et al, 1993) The results of his work formed the cornerstone of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy, a compilation of over 100 distinct self-report questionnaires that assess a wide variety of symptoms, functional abilities, general perceptions of health and well-being, and other aspects of health-related quality of life. Some of these questionnaires are disease-specific (e.g., cancer, multiple sclerosis, HIV disease), some are related to specific treatment-related toxicities (e.g., central or peripheral neurotoxicity, gastrointestinal toxicity), some are symptom focused (e.g., pain, fatigue), others address physical, mental and social function, and still others assess mood and well-being. All were developed and created with direct input from patients and expert clinicians, and tested for comprehension by native speakers of the languages in which each item has been translated. Cella D.F., Tulsky D.S., Gray G., Sarafian B., Lloyd S., Linn E., Bonomi A., Silberman M., Yellen S.B., Winicour P., Brannon J., Eckberg K., Purl S., Blendowski C., Goodman M., Barnicle M., Stewart I., McHale M., Bonomi P., Kaplan E., Taylor S., Thomas C., Harris J. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) Scale: Development and validation of the general measure. Journal of Clinical Oncology 1993; 11(3): 570-579. 1990 1997 Late 90s Mid-2000s 2018 2019 2021 2023 2025 Today 1990’s The FACT goes global As globalization evolves, the demand for valid, translated versions of the FACT measures rises. The FACT Translation Project begins, and the FACT-G (General), FACT-B (Breast), FACT-Br (Brain), FACT-BMT (Bone Marrow Transplant), FACT-C (Colorectal), FACT-CNS (Central Nervous System), FACT-Cx (Cervical), FACT-E (Esophageal), FACT-H&N (Head & Neck), FACT-L (Lung), FACT-P (Prostate), FACT-O (Ovarian), and FAHI (HIV) become the first measures translated and linguistically validated into 7 languages following a newly-developed FACIT translation methodology ensuring equivalence across translations. Today, over 100 measures are available in over 80 languages. 1997 FACT becomes FACIT Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) is adopted as the formal name to reflect the FACT’s growth and evolution into a system that also includes content to measure diseases, treatments and conditions outside oncology. Late 90’s Item Response Theory and FACIT Advanced methods in statistical and psychometric approaches including item response theory (IRT) provide increasingly robust analytic methods permitting analysis on a per-item basis. Use of IRT to examine an item’s measurement characteristics gives investigators a way to lower patient response burden by only administering items most relevant to patients. Mid-2000’s Dr. Cella launches PROMIS The National Institute of Health supports this science via an initiative known as PROMIS (Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System), in which Dr. Cella is the Principal Investigator of the Statistical Coordinating Center. A second federally-funded item-banking project specific to neurological conditions, Neuro-QOL, follows; Dr. Cella grants permission for FACIT items to be used in both these initiatives so that these FACIT items can be scored on a national metric. Dr. Cella remains a central resource to the PROMIS Health Organization to this day. 2018 FACIT Searchable Item Library In 2018, the FACIT Searchable Item Library is released. Users may now search FACIT’s 700+ items and develop a custom measure targeted to their specific patients using the Build-a-PRO function. 2019 C-Path PRO Consortium chooses FACIT.org The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) PRO Consortium chooses FACIT.org to manage licensing for patient reported outcome measures. It is our honor to use our knowledge-base and processes to support such a scientific leading organization. 2021 FACIT.org doubles staff FACIT.org doubles our staff to meet ongoing increases in licensing demands of not only FACIT- and C-Path measures but also other questionnaires which FACIT.org now manages. More and more clients trust their measures to our group. 2023 FACIT.org adapts internal infrastructure FACIT.org adapts internal infrastructure to more effectively deliver measures and related documentation (i.e. administration, translation certifications and watermarked versions). Clients praise our process as one of the most efficient in our sector. 2025 FACIT Group expands licensing expertise FACIT Group begins licensing coordination of other COA measures on behalf of clients’ trials, expanding our licensing expertise to help clients navigate the vast landscape of COA’s, developers and fees. Today Looking ahead FACIT continues to evolve with increasing focus on individual, targeted measurement, the use of Clinical Outcomes Assessments (COA’s) in routine clinical practice and development of new items and measures. Meet the Team David Cella, PhD President, Chief Scientific Officer Jason Bredle, MFA Director Shannon Romo Licensing and Financial Administrator MEET THE WHOLE TEAM

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FACT-V Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Vulva For patients with Vulva cancer LICENSE THIS MEASURE Overview Language Availability Licensing Selected References Related Measures Overview Overview Below are the details for the FACT-V measure: MEASURE NAME: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Vulva (FACT-V) VERSION: 4 NUMBER OF ITEMS: 46 PATIENT POPULATION: Vulva cancer patients 18 years and older RECALL PERIOD: Past 7 days RESPONSE SCALE: 5 point Likert-type scale DATA COLLECTION: Paper and electronic ADMINISTRATION: Self-administration and interview when applicable SUBSCALE DOMAINS: Physical Well-Being, Social/Family Well-Being, Emotional Well-Being, Functional Well-Being, Vulva Cancer Subscale TIME FOR COMPLETION: 10-15 minutes SCORING: Manual scoring template, some items are reverse scored. Subscale scores, total scores and TOI scores possible. RELATED MEASURES: FACT-Cx , FACIT-CD , FACT-En DOWNLOAD MEASURE IN ENGLISH DOWNLOAD SCORING DOCUMENT Language Availability Available translations of the FACT-V can be obtained by registering for permission. Users are not permitted to translate the FACT-V without permission from FACIT.org. Permission from FACIT.org to translate the FACT-V may also be contingent upon timeline expectations and availability of FACIT staff. Translations must undergo a rigorous methodology under the guidance of FACIT.org which includes multiple translators, QA steps and cognitive interviews with patients. For commercial use, FACITtrans is the approved translation vendor to translate the FACIT measurement system. Please contact us for more information. VIEW AVAILABLE LANGUAGES Language Availability Licensing Licensing Licensing fees are assessed on a per trial/per measure basis for commercial use. There is no fee for use of the English version, but a license should be obtained. Non-commercial use is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Licensing fees are typically not applied to investigator-initiated research, students, or clinical use. To license an available version of this measure for commercial or non-commercial use, please complete our registration form . All of the information provided in the form will be kept strictly confidential. For questions, please contact us . LICENSE THIS MEASURE Selected References Selected References Janda, M., Obermair, A., Cella, D., Perrin, L., Nicklin, J., Ward, B., & Crandon, A. The Functional Assessment of Cancer-Vulva: Reliability and Validity. Gynecologic Oncology 2005; 97, 568-575. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.01.047. Bonomi, A.E., Cella, D.D., Hahn, E.A., Bjordal, K., Sperner, B., Gangeri, L., Bergman, B., Willems, J., Hanquet, P., & Zittoun, R. Multilingual translation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) quality of life measurement system. Quality of Life Research 1996; 5: 309-320. Eremenco, S., Arnold, B., Cella, D. A comprehensive method for the translation and cross-cultural validation of health status questionnaires. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2005; 28(2): 212-232. Webster K., Cella D., Yost K. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) measurement system: Properties applications, and interpretation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003; 1(1): 79-85. Yost K.J., Eton D.T. Combining distribution- and anchor-based approaches to determine minimally important differences: The FACIT experience. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2005; 28(2): 172-191. LICENSE THIS MEASURE Related Measures Related Measures FACT-Cx Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Cervix LEARN MORE FACIT-CD Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Cervical Dysplasia LEARN MORE FACT-En Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Endometrial LEARN MORE