Comorbidity is an independent predictor of health-related quality of life in a longitudinal cohort of head and neck cancer patients

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1721-1728

  Østhus, Arild André ^a   Aarstad, Anne K H ^b,c   Olofsson, Jan ^a,b   Aarstad, Hans J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Head and neck cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT COMORBIDITY EVALUATION SCALE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART INFARCTION; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNX; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOUTH CAVITY; NECK DISSECTION; NEUROSIS; OROPHARYNX; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

EID: 84877137189     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-2207-0     Document Type: Article

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