Health-related quality of life and utility in head and neck cancer survivors

Health-related quality of life and utility in head and neck cancer survivors

This study seeks to assess quality of life (QOL) and utility scores of head and neck cancer survivors. We compared QOL as indicated by EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-H&N35, utility scores by time trade off (TTO) with previous published reference values and tested series characteristics related to global QOL...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC cancer 2019-05, Vol.19 (1), p.425-10, Article 425
Hauptverfasser: Liao, Li-Jen, Hsu, Wan-Lun, Lo, Wu-Chia, Cheng, Po-Wen, Shueng, Pei-Wei, Hsieh, Chen-Hsi
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Sprache:eng
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Cancer
Cancer survivors
Cancer Survivors - psychology
Cancer Survivors - statistics & numerical data
Cancer therapies
Care and treatment
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disability
Disability Evaluation
Family
Female
Head & neck cancer
Head and neck cancer
Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality
Head and Neck Neoplasms - psychology
Health aspects
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Male
Marital status
Marriage
Measurement techniques
Medical research
Middle Aged
Patients
Prospective Studies
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Radiation therapy
Radiotherapy
Social networks
Socioeconomic Factors
Spouses - psychology
Studies
Utility
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Zusammenfassung:This study seeks to assess quality of life (QOL) and utility scores of head and neck cancer survivors. We compared QOL as indicated by EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-H&N35, utility scores by time trade off (TTO) with previous published reference values and tested series characteristics related to global QOL and utility. A total of 127 patients were recruited. Of the patients, 102 (80%) completed the utility assessment. Cancer survivors had lower scores compared with norm values. Patients without a spouse had a lower utility than those with a spouse. Patients with a low annual family income also had lower global QOL and utility scores (p 
ISSN:1471-2407
1471-2407
DOI:10.1186/s12885-019-5614-4