Measuring quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: Update of the EORTC QLQ-H&N Module, Phase III

Susanne Singer; Cláudia Araújo; Juan Ignacio Arraras; Ingo Baumann; Andreas Boehm; Bente Brokstad Herlofson; Joaquim Castro Silva; Wei Chu Chie; Sheila Fisher; Orlando Guntinas-Lichius; Eva Hammerlid; María Elisa Irarrázaval; Marianne Jensen Hjermstad; Kenneth Jensen; Naomi Kiyota; Lisa Licitra; Ourania Nicolatou-Galitis; Monica Pinto; Marcos Santos; Claudia Schmalz; Allen C. Sherman; Iwona M. Tomaszewska; Irma Verdonck De Leeuw; Noam Yarom; Paola Zotti; Dirk Hofmeister

doi:10.1002/hed.23762

Measuring quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: Update of the EORTC QLQ-H&N Module, Phase III

Susanne Singer^*
, Cláudia Araújo
, Juan Ignacio Arraras
, Ingo Baumann
, Andreas Boehm
, Bente Brokstad Herlofson
, Joaquim Castro Silva
, Wei Chu Chie
, Sheila Fisher
, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius
, Eva Hammerlid
, María Elisa Irarrázaval
, Marianne Jensen Hjermstad
, Kenneth Jensen
, Naomi Kiyota
, Lisa Licitra
, Ourania Nicolatou-Galitis
, Monica Pinto
, Marcos Santos
, Claudia Schmalz

Allen C. Sherman, Iwona M. Tomaszewska, Irma Verdonck De Leeuw, Noam Yarom, Paola Zotti, Dirk Hofmeister

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Dentistry

Centre of Johannes
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Head and Neck Unit
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil E.P.E.
Oncology Department
Hospital Universitario de Navarra
Department of Otolaryngology
Heidelberg University
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Leipzig University
Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine
University of Oslo
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
National Taiwan University
University of Leeds
Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Quality of Life Department
Fundación Arturo López Pérez
Department of Oncology
European Palliative Care Research Centre
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Oncology
Aarhus University
Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology
Kobe University
Department of Medical Oncology
IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Nazionale per lo studio e la cura dei tumori - Milano
Clinic of Hospital Dentistry
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
IRCCS Istituto nazionale tumori Fondazione Giovanni Pascale - Napoli
Radiation Oncology Department
Hospital Universitário de Brasília
Department of Radiation Therapy
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Behavioral Medicine Division
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department of Medical Didactics
Jagiellonian University Medical College
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Vrije Universiteit (VU) and VU Medical Centre
Department of Clinical Psychology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer
Department of Psychology
IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano PN
Department of Medical Psychology

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Background The objective of this study was to pilot test an updated version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Head and Neck Module (EORTC QLQ-H&N60). Methods Patients with head and neck cancer were asked to complete a list of 60 head and neck cancer-specific items comprising the updated EORTC head and neck module and the core questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30. Debriefing interviews were conducted to identify any irrelevant items and confusing or upsetting wording. Results Interviews were performed with 330 patients from 17 countries, representing different head and neck cancer sites and treatments. Forty-one of the 60 items were retained according to the predefined EORTC criteria for module development, for another 2 items the wording was refined, and 17 items were removed. Conclusion The preliminary EORTC QLQ-H&N43 can now be used in academic research. Psychometrics will be tested in a larger field study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1358-1367
Number of pages	10
Journal	Head and Neck
Volume	37
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.23762
State	Published - 1 Sep 2015

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chemoradiation
head and neck neoplasms
larynx
multimodal therapies
oral cavity
pharynx
quality of life

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Singer, S., Araújo, C., Arraras, J. I., Baumann, I., Boehm, A., Brokstad Herlofson, B., Castro Silva, J., Chie, W. C., Fisher, S., Guntinas-Lichius, O., Hammerlid, E., Irarrázaval, M. E., Jensen Hjermstad, M., Jensen, K., Kiyota, N., Licitra, L., Nicolatou-Galitis, O., Pinto, M., Santos, M., ... Hofmeister, D. (2015). Measuring quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: Update of the EORTC QLQ-H&N Module, Phase III. Head and Neck, 37(9), 1358-1367. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.23762

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