Quality of life (QOL) is an important patient reported outcome (PRO) in head and neck cancer (HNC) where survival rates remain at approximately 50% overall. HNC specific Health Related Quality of Life (HR-QOL) instruments typically measure aspects of communication, swallowing, chewing, nutrition...
Quality of life has been an implied outcome of medical care since ancient times, yet only recently have tools become available to measure quality of life in a systematic fashion. Cancer is one of the chronic diseases where quality of life outcomes have been particularly salient. Currently, there...
At every stage of disease, these treatment choices may involve clinically equivalent modalities that differ in side effects and impact upon quality of life (QOL). Comprehensive, yet efficient, questionnaires are needed to measure QOL in patients with prostate cancer. METHODS: Developed as a disease...
PurposeConsidering that the number of people with oncological history is constantly growing, and that cancer survivorship has very specific long-term and late (both medical and psychosocial) effects, it seems useful to have specific multidimensional instruments to measure quality of life (QoL). This ...
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Background Little is known about the availability and psychometric properties of instruments to measure quality of life (QOL) in clinical research on Japanese patients with breast cancer. The purpose of this systematic review is to find reliable and valid instruments available in Japan, and to summa...
The International Prostate Symptom Score was used to measure urinary function in male patients. The score (range, 0-35) addresses incomplete emptying, frequency, intermittency, urgency, weak stream, straining, and nocturia, and it is categorized into mild dysfunction (scores 0-7), moderate dysfunc...
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Quality of life measurement in cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer involves the assessment of patient-reported issues related to the symptoms, disease and treatment of these tumours. This study describes the development of the disease-specific quality of life (QoL) questionnaire for patients with ...
Quality-of-life assessment tools give patients and health-care providers a nuanced understanding not only of how long patients will survive, but also how well they will live. Bergman and Laviana describe the range of tools used to assess quality of life