{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,21]],"date-time":"2026-10-21T09:43:37Z","timestamp":1792575817014,"version":"4.5.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Danish Medical Association","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Dan Med J"],"abstract":"<jats:p>INTRODUCTION. Increased focus on monitoring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in melanoma patients has highlighted the need for validated instruments such as patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Rather than developing new measures, it is generally recommended to translate and linguistically validate a suitable existing PROM.\n\nMETHODS. The Melanoma Concerns Questionnaire (MCQ-28) was adapted from English to Danish following the guidelines by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). A forward-and-backwards translation was conducted, followed by cognitive debriefing interviews based on the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN), focusing on comprehensiveness, comprehensibility and relevance.\n\nRESULTS. The Danish MCQ-28 was tested on 21 patients, including seven in each risk group. Overall responses were positive, though several patients \u2013 especially those at a low risk or further in follow-up process \u2013 struggled with the timeframe of certain items. The interviews also revealed that some items were interpreted differently depending on individual patient perspectives.\n\nCONCLUSIONS. By following the ISPOR guideline, a culturally relevant, linguistically validated Danish version of the MCQ-28 was developed. It is a candidate for implementation in Danish melanoma follow-up and for use in international HRQoL research on melanoma patients; however, psychometric validation in a Danish context is necessary.\n\nFUNDING. The Herlev and Gentofte Hospital Research Fund.\n\nTRIAL REGISTRATION. Not relevant.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.61409\/a11250963","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,21]],"date-time":"2026-10-21T09:11:02Z","timestamp":1792573862000},"page":"1-10","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Danish translation and linguistic validation of the Melanoma Concerns Questionnaire"],"prefix":"10.61409","author":[{"given":"Julie Renata","family":"Bjerremand","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisbet Rosenkrantz","family":"H\u00f6lmich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amalie Viedemann","family":"Moser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sara M\u00f8lgaard","family":"Hansen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"40208","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9]]},"container-title":["Danish Medical Journal"],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,21]],"date-time":"2026-10-21T09:11:02Z","timestamp":1792573862000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/ugeskriftet.dk\/dmj\/A11250963"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,9]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.61409\/a11250963","relation":{},"ISSN":["2245-1919"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2245-1919","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,9]]}}}