Abstract
The University of Washington Quality of Life Scale (UW-QoL) is one of the most frequently
reported health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) questionnaires in head and neck cancer,
and since its first publication in 1993 has been used in many different cohorts. There
is a considerable amount of information to assimilate and, to date, we know of no
attempt that has been made to summarise publications specific to its use in a peer
review journal. The aim of this review was to systematically search published papers
that report its use, identify common themes, and present a tabulated summary. Several
search engines were used (PubMed, Medline, Medical-Journals.com, eMedicine), and 222
abstracts were found and hand searched. A total of 66 papers were eligible for inclusion,
21 on functional outcome, 25 on predictors of HR-QoL, 19 on development or validation
of the questionnaire, and one clinical trial. The review includes a diversity of studies
and a range of HR-QoL outcomes following head and neck cancer. It provides clinicians
and their colleagues in multidisciplinary teams with a source of quick reference to
relevant papers reporting the UW-QoL, and gives a short summary of the pertinent conclusions
drawn from each paper.
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Published online: January 18, 2011
Accepted:
December 15,
2010
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