Wotherspoon, RJ, Kanatas, AN orcid.org/0000-0003-2025-748X and Rogers, SN (2018) Review of HaNDLE-on-QoL: a database of published papers that use questionnaires to report quality of life in patients with cancer of the head and neck. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 56 (2). e5-e9. ISSN 0266-4356
Abstract
HaNDLE-on-QoL (Head And Neck Database Listing Evidence on QoL) is a searchable database that comprises abstracts of papers that have used questionnaires to report on quality of life (QoL) in patients with cancer of the head and neck. It can be searched by title, first author, year of publication, words used in the abstract, site of cancer, study design, and questionnaires used. The aim of this paper was to summarise its contents. In May 2017 we searched the website using the criteria above. It contained 1498 papers (including 149 reviews), and the number is increasing each year. Most studies concerned a combination of subsites in the head and neck (n = 871); 180 focused specifically on oral sites, and 109 on the larynx. The commonest topics were swallowing (n = 353), speech (n = 299), pain (n = 292), emotions (n = 226), and depression (n = 193). Nearly all the papers concerned function or predictors of health-related QoL (HRQoL), but 98 were clinical or randomised controlled trials. The site included over 250 questionnaires of which the most common were the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer C30 (EORTC-C30, n = 369), the EORTC-head and neck 35 (EORTC H & N35, n = 353), and the University of Washington Quality of Life (UWQoL) (n = 276). HaNDLE-on-QoL highlights the complexity of QoL after treatment and the diversity and range of the studies. It is a useful point of reference for those involved in clinical practice or research.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Head and Neck Cancer; Quality of life; questionnaires; Patient Reported Outcomes; Review |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Dentistry (Leeds) > School of Dentistry Visitors (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2018 15:18 |
Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2019 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.bjoms.2017.12.008 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128850 |