Assessing Quality-of-Life of Cancer Caregivers in Spain: Validation of CQOLC-Spain Scale and Elements of a Cross-Cultural Analysis

Cancer is a leading cause of death, ranked first or second in most developed countries such as Singapore, the USA, France, Turkey, Spain, just right after cardiovascular diseases [1-5]. Moreover, cancer diagnosis impact Quality-of-Life (QOL) for patients, and family-caregivers. Assessing cross-cultural validation is key in medicine and social sciences as, beyond language translation issues, the way people experience emotions and needs may vary. Cultural attributes impact patient-caregiver satisfaction with care, health and quality-of-life [6-7], necessitating cross-cultural scale, and psychometric validation studies. Cancer-caregivers quality-of-life (CQOLC) is studied in such perspective here.