Understanding the quality of life qol issues in survivors. A 12 country field study of the eortc qlqc30 version 3. Validating and improving the reliability of the eortc qlq. Locoregional control, progressionfree and overall survival as well as acute and late toxicities were retrospectively analyzed. A questionnaire is an instrument designed to assess some of the different aspects that define the qol of a specific group of cancer patients. M malay malaysia malay singapore malayalam marathi. The aim of this study was to develop a multivariate logistic regression model with least absolute shrinkage and selection operator lasso to make valid predictions about the incidence of moderatetosevere patientrated xerostomia among head and neck cancer hnc patients treated with imrt. Role of nutritional status in predicting quality of life. Similarly, when comparing the edmonton33 instrument speech and swallowing domain scores with objective and qualitative speech assessments, linear correlations were observed. While aggressive treatment for oral cancer may optimize survival, decrements in speech and swallowing function and quality of life often result.
The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in jstor and the most recently published issue of a journal. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer, from where it. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma hnscc and its associated treatments may affect all aspects of patients healthrelated quality of life hrqol. For the other 78 patients, they still received regular followup at our clinic. For qlqc30, cycle 3 and month 6 mean scores for platinumfluorouracil plus cetuximab were not significantly worse than those for platinumfluorouracil. Morphometry, possible variation in the shape and its clinical implication. Validating and improving the reliability of the eortc qlqc30 using a multidimensional rasch model. A bibliography is contained in the eortc qlqc30 scoring manual fayers et al. Functional and quality of life outcomes after partial.
Please indicate the extent to which you have experienced these symptoms or problems during the past week. It comprises 30 questions grouped into the 5 functional scales. Quality of life of head and neck cancer organization for. The latest version of the eortc qlq c30 has been translated into several languages and validated. Influence of pain severity on the quality of life in patients.
Pdf performance of the eortc questionnaire for the. The eortc qlqoes18, which was designed as a supplement to the eortc qlqc30 for use in esophageal cancer clinical trials and related studies, originated from the longer, 24question version of the eortc qlqoes24. The parameter estimates of the final model are listed in table 4. Bjordal k, ahlnerelmqvist m, tollesson e, jensen ab, razavi d, maher ej, kaasa s. Frontiers dimensionality and measurement invariance of the. Quality of life and salivary output in patients with head. Dosimetric factors associated with longterm patient. Longterm taste impairment after intensitymodulated.
Cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer qlqbil21. Quality of life research is an international, multidisciplinary journal devoted to the rapid communication of original research, theoretical articles and methodological reports related to the field of quality of life in all the health sciences. Nov 01, 2012 read comparison of quality of life qol in patients with locally advanced headandneck cancer prior and 1 year after the completion of radiation therapy, international journal of radiation oncology biology physics on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Pdf validation of the polish version of the eortc head. For all items and scales, high scores indicate more problems i. Pdf validation of the polish version of the eortc head and. The number of cancer survivors is growing steadily and increasingly, clinical trials are being designed to include longterm followup to assess not only survival, but also late effects and healthrelated quality of life hrqol. Evaluation of quality of life in patients with oral cancer a. Healthrelated quality of life up to 1 year after radiotherapy in. Our partners will collect data and use cookies for ad personalization and measurement. Convergent validity was assessed by examining relationships between the eortc scales and other established measures of fatigue, emotional functioning, and psychological adjustment.
The eortc qlq oes18, which was designed as a supplement to the eortc qlq c30 for use in esophageal cancer clinical trials and related studies, originated from the longer, 24question version of the eortc qlq oes24. An overall score was calculated for global health from questions covering functional areas, such as the. Methodsa total of 167 lung cancer patients completed the. Longterm effect of a nurseled psychosocial intervention on. A bibliography is contained in the eortc qlq c30 scoring manual fayers et al. There have been four versions of the questionnaire. Comparison of quality of life qol in patients with. Publications home of jama and the specialty journals of. If your study is purely for academic use, you will be required to have an academic user agreement in order to use our measures. The questionnaire was responsive to change over a period of time. Frontiers dimensionality and measurement invariance of. Backgroundthis study aims to validate and evaluate the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the italian version of the european organization for research and treatment of cancer eortc quality of life questionnairecore 30 qlq c30, which is a measure of quality of life qol for lung cancer patients after surgery. Have you had trouble eating in front of your family. Pdf quality of life in head and neck cancer patients.
There is a continuing programme of development for the eortc qlqc30. Free fulltext pdf articles from hundreds of disciplines, all in one place. To describe longterm changes in time of quality of life qol and the relation with parotid salivary output in patients with headandneck cancer treated with radiotherapy. The questionnaire consists of 35 items measuring a number of symptoms. This exploratory study investigated how patients recover their communicative function, swallowing ability, and quality of life after primary surgery with or without adjuvant chemoradiation therapy for tongue cancer over the course of the first. Development of a patientcentered functional outcomes. Influence of pain severity on the quality of life in. Dosimetric factors associated with longterm patientreported. All patients completed the questionnaires posttreatment. Translation and validation of the chinese version of the. Assessing whether eortc qlq30 and factg measure the same. These questionnaires were translated into two vernacular languages and pilot test was done on 15 patients. Performance of the eortc questionnaire for the assessment of quality of. Healthrelated quality of life was assessed at five different points.
Evaluation of quality of life in nasopharyngeal carcinoma based on eortc qlq h and n35 and karnofsky scale in adam malik general hospital medan authors. The eortc quality of life questionnairehead and neck 35 in. Therefore it is is essential to develop patientreported outcome measures proms that capture the full range of issues relevant to diseasefree cancer survivors. Intensity modulated radiotherapy imrt with concurrent chemotherapy as definitive treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer. Backgroundthis study aims to validate and evaluate the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the italian version of the european organization for research and treatment of cancer eortc quality of life questionnairecore 30 qlqc30, which is a measure of quality of life qol for lung cancer patients after surgery. Patients experience of recurrentmetastatic head and neck. The results of factor analysis showed that the eortc qlqc30 and.
Radiotherapy was completed as planned in all but one patient 96%, and 21 patients received. Quality of life of patients receiving platinumbased. Read comparison of quality of life qol in patients with locally advanced headandneck cancer prior and 1 year after the completion of radiation therapy, international journal of radiation oncology biology physics on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Please answer by circling the number that best applies to you. Validating and improving the reliability of the eortc. A afrikaans arabic egypt arabic israel b bengali bulgarian. Comparison of quality of life qol in patients with locally. Self evaluation of communication experiences after laryngeal. Previous studies have highlighted the need for more specific questionnaires for this purpose. Publications home of jama and the specialty journals of the. N35 questionnaires before treatment, 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and at least 3. Eortc qlqc30 eortc quality of life questionnaire core. Nivolumab versus standard, singleagent therapy of investigators choice in recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck checkmate 141.
The aim of this multicentre study was to determine the psychometric properties of an updated revised version of the european organisation for research and treatment of cancer quality of life questionnaire head and neck module eortc qlq hn43. Self evaluation of communication experiences after. Quality of life and salivary output in patients with headand. N35 is regularly administered to patients with hnscc, there is a paucity of studies reassessing the conceptual relevance of this patientreported outcome pro measure from a patient perspective. Validating and improving the reliability of the eortc qlqc30. The former includes a global health status scale, five functional scales, and nine symptom scales, and the latter comprises 18 symptom scales. The items covered in qlqc30 questionnaire are focused on evaluating general health, physical, emotional and social aspects. In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. Aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the sensitivity to change of the swedish self evaluation of communication experiences after laryngeal cancer questionnaire the ssecel, addressing communication dysfunction in patients treated for laryngeal cancer. Evaluation of quality of life in patients with oral cancer. Using multivariate regression model with least absolute. The latest version of the eortc qlqc30 has been translated into several languages and validated.
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