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Quality of life is an important outcome when treating a cancer patient. Research is vast on the role of quality of life on patients' general wellbeing, responsiveness to treatment, and even mortality. On the other hand, there are several methodological considerations when planning to measure and assess quality of life in cancer patients. This handbook - with authorship that is diverse in terms of perspectives, countries, and fields - aims to fill a gap in the available literature and responds to a number of questions in its 26 chapters:
How is quality of life impacting different cancer populations in terms of site of the cancer, age, gender, and context? Handbook of Quality of Life in Cancer is a learning and consulting tool that can be used by a diverse audience. It is an essential resource for researchers who wish to use quality of life assessment tools in clinical trials or other types of studies; clinicians who want to develop their understanding of how they can utilize quality of life and how it is important for the patients they care for; and commissioners who wish to see why quality of life may impact population health and health system costs. Students in diverse fields of study (medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, medical sociology, population health, epidemiology, and medical statistics, among others) also would benefit from using the handbook for their studies and for their continuing professional development.
Autorentext
Angelos P. Kassianos, PhD is a senior research fellow at University College London, Department of Applied Health Research, and at University of Cyprus, Departments of Psychology and Computer Science. He is a health psychologist with a public health and behavioral medicine focus. Dr. Kassianos has interests in bio-psycho-social determinants of disease prevention and early diagnosis (mainly cancer), health-related quality of life assessment, vaccination hesitancy and development of digital health interventions.
Inhalt
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
About the Editor and Contributors
list of abbreviations
List of figures
list of tables
Part I: Concepts and Definitions
ANGELOS P. KASSIANOS & STEPHANIE TSOUNTA
STEPHANIE KYRIACOU
Part II: Quality of Life Assessment
BRENDA L. DEN OUDSTEN & SUZANNE M. SKEVINGTON
DEBORAH FITZSIMMONS & SALLY WHEELWRIGHT
JOHANNES M. GIESINGER & JENS LEHMANN
KIMBERLY A. WEBSTER, J. DEVIN PEIPERT, LAUREN F. LENT, JASON BREDLE, DAVID CELLA
AMÉLIE ANOTA & EMILIE CHARTON
KEDAR K.V. MATE
CONRAD J. HARRISON & CHRISTOPHER J. SIDEY-GIBBONS
Part III: Best-practice Elements when assessing Quality of Life
MICHAEL D. BRUNDAGE & CLAIRE F. SNYDER
LAILA AKBAR LADAKM, SYEDA FATIMA RAZA, SADORI KHAWAJA
AMÉLIE ANOTA
BARBARA DE GRAAF & INGRID COX
MATHILDE TROSDORF & ANNE BRÉDART
JOACHIM WEIS
ANNE-SOPHIE DARLINGTON, SAMANTHA SODERGREN, EMMA LIDINGTON, DANIEL J. VAN DER MEER, OLGA HUSSON
JESSICA ROYDHOUSE & JULIE CAMPBELL
MARIANNA ZACHARIA & MARIA KAREKLA
OLALEKAN LEE AIYEGBUSI, SARAH E. HUGHES, MELANIE J. CALVERT
BELLINDA L. KING-KALLIMANIS, LEE JONES, LYNN HOWIE
Part IV: Case Studies of Using Quality of Life Tools for Specific Cancer Types
YIOLA MARCOU
PIM B. VAN DER MEER, JOHAN A.F. KOEKKOEK, LINDA DIRVEN, MARTIN J.B. TAPHOORN
SAMANTHA SODERGREN & vassilios vassiliou
ahmed h. ibrahim, mustafa h. abd el wahab, emad shash