Interpreting the meaningfulness of changes in health‐related quality of life scores: lessons from studies in adults

D Osoba - International Journal of Cancer, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The measurement of health‐related quality of life (HRQL) in adults with cancer has
proceeded more quickly than has similar measurement in children, so there may be value in …

Development of an EORTC questionnaire module to be used in health‐related quality‐of‐life assessment for patients with multiple myeloma

M STEAD, J BROWN, G VELIKOVA… - British Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
A multiple myeloma‐specific quality‐of‐life questionnaire module has been designed in
collaboration with the EORTC Quality‐of‐Life Study Group to be used in clinical trials with …

Health-related quality of life 1 year after allogeneic or autologous stem-cell transplantation: a prospective study

MJ Hjermstad, SA Evensen, SO Kvaløy… - Journal of Clinical …, 1999 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adults treated with high-
dose chemotherapy followed by allogeneic (SCT) and autologous (ASCT) stem-cell …

The course of anxiety and depression during the first year after allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplantation

MJ Hjermstad, JH Loge, SA Evensen… - Bone marrow …, 1999 - nature.com
Psychological distress is frequently reported in transplant survivors. We prospectively
assessed anxiety and depression before transplant, in the isolation period and during a …

Do patients who are treated with stem cell transplantation have a health-related quality of life comparable to the general population after 1 year?

MJ Hjermstad, H Holte, SA Evensen… - Bone marrow …, 1999 - nature.com
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in leukemia and lymphoma patients treated with high-
dose chemotherapy followed by allogeneic (SCT) and autologous (ASCT) stem cell …

Importance-satisfaction discrepancies are associated with health-related quality of life in five-year survivors of endocrine gastrointestinal tumours

G Larsson, PO Sjödén, K Öberg, L von Essen - Annals of Oncology, 1999 - Elsevier
Background Little is known about the health-related-quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with
endocrine gastrointestinal tumours. In this study, HRQoL was investigated in long-term …

Third line chemotherapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer: an evaluation of quality of life and cost

SA McLachlan, M Pintilie, IF Tannock - Breast cancer research and …, 1999 - Springer
Many patients with metastatic breast cancer receive several types of chemotherapy,
although it is recognized that there is a declining probability of response. A major problem …

Methodological issues in the assessment of health‐related quality of life in palliative care trials

M Groenvold - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Palliative care aims at improving the patient's quality of life. Clinical trials, therefore, often
include the patient's subjective evaluation of symptoms and psychosocial problems, so …

[图书][B] An explanatory model of variables influencing the quality of life in older adults with câncer

NA Hodgson - 1999 - search.proquest.com
The concept of quality of life (QOL) is an essential clinical descriptor, outcome variable, and
research priority in the study of cancer among older adults. Declining survival benefits and …

[引用][C] A framework for assessing health‐related quality of life among children with cancer

D Feeny, W Furlong, RK Mulhern… - … Journal of Cancer, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
There is a critical need for the development of valid and useful measures of health-related
quality of life (HRQL) for children with cancer. The ever-increasing survival rates in pediatric …