Table 3. | Quality of Life Questionnaires/Scales used in pain assessment in selected papers |
Questionnaire/Scale | Na | % |
---|---|---|
EORTC QLQ-C30 | 36 | 43.9 |
EORTC QLQ-H&N35 | 31 | 37.8 |
UW-QOL | 8 | 9.8 |
SF-36 | 6 | 7.3 |
UCSF oral cancer pain questionnaire | 4 | 4.9 |
VAS | 3 | 3.7 |
Vanderbilt Head and Neck Symptom Survey (VHNSS) | 2 | 2.4 |
University of Michigan HNQOL | 2 | 2.4 |
French specific HNQOL | 1 | 1.2 |
VRS | 1 | 1.2 |
Brief core set (BCSQ-H&N) | 1 | 1.2 |
Brief pain Inventory | 1 | 1.2 |
Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) | 1 | 1.2 |
10 point scale | 1 | 1.2 |
French specific HNQOL | 1 | 1.2 |
Health Status Q-12 | 1 | 1.2 |
Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale | 1 | 1.2 |
Oral and Pharyngeal symptom questionnaire | 1 | 1.2 |
Bochum university questionnaire | 1 | 1.2 |
RAND-36 | 1 | 1.2 |
SF-12v2 | 1 | 1.2 |
Head and Neck health survey | 1 | 1.2 |
Xerostomia Questionnaire | 1 | 1.2 |
Pain data from patient records or no description of pain assessment method | 11 | 13.4 |
aNumbers do not add up to total (n = 82), because some studies used several questionnaires. |