quality of life measureslung cancervalue systemfamily lifesocial lifehealthAn investigation was carried out to examine what quality of life means to lung cancer patients. 200 patients with either lung cancer (108) or chronic respiratory disease (92) were interviewed using a short open-ended ...
Translation and validation of a quality of life instrument for Hispanic American cancer patients: methodological considerations. Quality of Life Research, in press, 1994 Google Scholar Cella DF, Cherin EA. Quality of life during and after cancer treatment. Comprehensive Therapy 14(5): 69–75, ...
Appropriate assessment of quality of life parameters should be a mandatory requirement when determining the outcome of different treatments for breast cancer. Such measures provide useful, sometimes counterintuitive information concerning treatment costs and benefits and can help guide the clinician with manag...
The article provides a description of the characteristics of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures most frequently used in cancer research, such as the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 Items (QLQ-C30). the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Measurement Sys...
Quality of life (QoL) is one of the treatment outcome measures in patients with breast cancer. In this study, we measured the QoL of women with breast cancer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) and identified the associated factors. Methodology This cross-sectional study wa...
A comprehensive understanding of the quality of life (QoL) is essential to establish long-term survivor care plans. The present study was aimed at the assessment of QoL of BC survivors with special emphasis on post-treatment physical, emotional, social,
Measuring the quality of life of cancer patients: a concise QL-index for use by physicians. J Chronic Dis. 1981;34(12):585-5977309824PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 17. Rummans TA, Clark MM, Sloan JA, et al. Impacting quality of life for patients with advanced cancer with a structured ...
Kemmler G, Holzner B, Kopp M, Dunser M, Margreiter R, Greil R et al (1999) Comparison of two quality-of-life instruments for cancer patients: the functional assessment of cancer therapy-general and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-...
Patients were randomised (1:1) to undergo either PDS (PDS group) or NACT followed by IDS (NACT/IDS group). Main outcome measures Quality-of-life (QoL) data, assessed using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer core QoL questionnaire (QLQ-C30) and ovarian cancer modu...
Underreporting of cancer patients: the case of response-shift. Social Science and Medicine 32(9): 981–987, 1991 Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar European Group for Health Measurement and Quality of Life Assessment. Cross-cultural adaptation of health measures. Health Policy 19: 33–44, 1991...