Houser A, Kramp B, Richter J, Dässler U
Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie Otto Körner, Universität Rostock.
Laryngorhinootologie. 2001 Aug;80(8):458-63. doi: 10.1055/s-2001-16434.
Quality of life is an important factor for patients with cancer in the head and neck region. This factor has not often been investigated in such patients.
A series of 201 patients with head and neck cancer answered a questionnaire concerning quality of life in general. In addition various parameters of quality of life were rated by an observer such as the Karnofsky scale, the WHO-status and the Spitzer quality of life index.
The patients were subdivided into 3 groups, 101 patients with laryngeal cancer, 70 with pharyngeal cancer and 30 others ENT-cancer patients. Patients with cancer of the pharynx had more physical problems. In addition the patients were in different stages of their tumor disease. The patients with cancer in UICC I/II had a better health and quality of life than UICC III/IV. 75% of the whole population spoke about their quality of life as good and better. A similar tendency of quality of life was found in the groups of laryngeal cancer. The indices for health and quality of life in the patients were strongly correlated to the Karnofsky scale, the WHO-status and the Spitzer quality of life index.
The study suggests that it is necessary to measure quality of life variables in head and neck cancer patients. All of the different methods are important for the measurement of quality of life.
生活质量是头颈癌患者的一个重要因素。该因素在这类患者中并未经常得到研究。
一系列201名头颈癌患者回答了一份关于总体生活质量的问卷。此外，一名观察者对生活质量的各种参数进行了评分，如卡诺夫斯基量表、世界卫生组织状况和斯皮策生活质量指数。
患者被分为3组，101例喉癌患者，70例咽癌患者和30例其他耳鼻喉科癌症患者。咽癌患者有更多的身体问题。此外，患者处于肿瘤疾病的不同阶段。国际抗癌联盟（UICC）I/II期癌症患者的健康状况和生活质量优于UICC III/IV期。75%的总体人群表示他们的生活质量良好或更好。在喉癌组中也发现了类似的生活质量趋势。患者的健康和生活质量指标与卡诺夫斯基量表、世界卫生组织状况和斯皮策生活质量指数密切相关。
该研究表明，有必要对头颈癌患者的生活质量变量进行测量。所有不同的方法对于生活质量的测量都很重要。
