Singer Susanne, Langendijk Johannes, Yarom Noam
From the Division of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Institute of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University Medical Centre, Mainz, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, and Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2013. doi: 10.1200/EdBook_AM.2013.33.e230.
Health-related quality of life (QoL) indicates the patients' perception of their health. It depends not only on disease- and treatment-related factors but also on complex inter-relationships of expectations, values and norms, psychologic distress, and comparison with other patients. This article introduces methods and challenges of QoL assessment in patients with head and neck cancer, as well as ways to overcome measurement problems and ways to improve their QoL.
健康相关生活质量（QoL）反映了患者对自身健康的认知。它不仅取决于与疾病和治疗相关的因素，还取决于期望、价值观和规范、心理困扰以及与其他患者比较等复杂的相互关系。本文介绍了头颈癌患者生活质量评估的方法和挑战，以及克服测量问题的方法和改善其生活质量的途径。
