Measuring quality of life in oncology: Is it worthwhile? I. Meaning, purposes and controversies

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-167

  Montazeri, Ali ^a   Gillis, Charles R ^b   McEwen, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b RUCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health status measures; Outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030225066     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.1996.tb00228.x     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Aaronson N.K. (1989) Quality of life assessment in clinical trials: methodological issues. Controlled Clinical Trials, 10, 195s-208s.
2. Aaronson N.K. (1990) Quality of life research in cancer clinical trials: a need for common rules and language. Oncology, 4, 59-66.
3. Aaronson N.K. & Beckmann J.H. (eds) (1987) The Quality of Life of Cancer Patients. Raven Press, New York.
4. Aaronson N.K., Bullinger M. &. Ahmedzai S. (1988) A modular approach to quality-of-life assessment in cancer clinical trials. Recent Results in Cancer Research, 111, 231-249.
5. Aaronson N.K., Ahmedzai S., Bergman B., Bullinger M., Cull A., Duez N.J., Filiberti A., Flechtner H., Fleishman S.B., de Haes J.C.J.M., Kaasa S., Klee M., Osoba D., Razavi D., Rofe P.B., Schraub S., Sneeuw K., Sullivan M., Takeda F. (1993) The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: a quality of life instrument for use in international clinical trials in oncology. Journal of National Cancer Institute, 85, 365-76.
6. Andersen R.M., Davidson P.L. & Ganz P.A. (1994) Symbiotic relationships of quality of life, health services research and other health research. Quality of Life Research, 3, 365-371.
7. Anderson R.T., Aaronson N.K. & Wilkind D. (1993) Critical review of the international assessments of health-related quality of life. Quality of Life Research, 2, 369-395.
8. Bardsely M.J. & Coles J.M. (1992) Practical experiences in auditing patient outcomes. Quality in Health Care, 1, 124-130.
9. Bell D.R., Tannock I.F. & Boyd, N.F. (1985) Quality of life measurement in breast cancer patients. British fournal of Cancer. 51, 577-580.
10. Bergman B., Aaronson N.K., Ahmedzai S., Kassa S. & Sullivan M. (1994) The EORTC QLQ-LC13: a modular supplement to the EORTC core quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30) for use in lung cancer clinical trials. European Journal of Cancer, 30A, 635-642.
11. Bernhard J., Gusset H. & Hurny C. (1995) Quality of life assessment in cancer clinical trials: an intervention by itself? Supportive Care in Cancer, 3, 66-71.