Quality of Life Assessments in Patients Treated with Anticancer Drugs
10.3820/jjpe1996.5.83
- VernacularTitle:〈各論1〉抗がん剤のQOL評価
- Author:
Kojiro SHIMOZUMA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
quality of life;
health outcome research;
breast cancer;
chemotherapy;
clinical trial
- From:Japanese Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology
2001;5(2):83-89
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) has become one of the important endpoints in cancer clinical trials. However, a relatively small proportion of oncologists truly understand the concepts and uses of QOL assessments. In this article, I discuss in detail the psychometric properties that should be verified with QOL instruments, the range of QOL concepts that should be assessed in oncology, how to choose the appropriate QOL instruments, cross-cultural issues and statistical problems. Several examples of QOL assessments in cancer clinical trials are also introduced.
