Handle-On-QOL: a dedicated quality of life resource following the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancer.
Head and neck cancer
Patient Reported Outcomes
Questionnaire
Review
quality of life
Journal
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
ISSN: 1532-1940
Titre abrégé: Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg
Pays: Scotland
ID NLM: 8405235
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2020
11 2020
Historique:
received:
04
10
2019
accepted:
06
05
2020
pubmed:
7
9
2020
medline:
22
12
2020
entrez:
6
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Measuring quality of life (QOL) after head and neck cancer (HNC), is rapidly becoming the standard of care. The Head and Neck Database Listing Evidence on QOL (Handle-On-QOL) is a dedicated QOL resource that includes articles published from 1982 onwards. The aim of this study was to assess the completeness of Handle-On-QOL, when compared with other non-specific search engines. Six years were selected at random; 1982, 1990, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2016. Four search engines were used (Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO). Reporting followed PRISMA methodology. A total of 595 papers were assessed, of which 200 met the inclusion criteria. 186 papers were present on Handle-On-QOL, 243 were found on Handle-On-QOL for these six years, but not identified in the other searches, and 14 were missing from Handle-On-QOL. A search using standard engines generated a large number of irrelevant papers. Handle-On-QOL provides a comprehensive and accurate reflection of articles published using questionnaires to report QOL following HNC. This web-based repository (http://www.handle-on-qol.com) acts as a quick reference point for clinicians and researchers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32891434
pii: S0266-4356(20)30234-5
doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.05.013
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e25-e32Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.