Patient reported outcomes based on EQ-5D-5L questionnaires in head and neck cancer patients: a real-world study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Health economic comparisons of various therapies are often based on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) using EQ-5D questionnaires within the framework of clinical trials. This real-world study prospectively evaluates the patient reported outcomes (PROs)-based HRQOL of head-and-neck (H&N) cancer patients undergoing modern radiotherapy (RT) to reflect PRO trajectories.

Methods

All H&N cancer patients treated in our clinic between July 2019 and December 2020 who completed the self-reported validated EQ-5D-5L questionnaire (health state index (HI) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS)) at baseline, end of radiotherapy, and at each respective follow up (FU) were included. Descriptive analysis of clinical and sociodemographic data, the frequency and level of each dimension w

SUBMITTER: Sprave T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9710161 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature