{"title":"Assessment of quality of life among head-and-neck cancer patients","authors":"Afsana Nizar, B. R. Isaac","doi":"10.25259/ijms_344_2021","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n\nTo assess QOL of different head and neck cancer patients.\n\n\n\nA cross sectional study of 35 subjects with HNC was selected based on the type of cancer. After a background study, 35 subjects were chosen classifying on the type of cancer and were assessed using an interview schedule.\n\n\n\nPhysical as well as emotional score was poor among the group (312.5 and 349.5). The results had a high degree of variation.\n\n\n\nQOL among HNC patients were concluded to be poor.\n","PeriodicalId":13277,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of medical sciences","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian journal of medical sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.25259/ijms_344_2021","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
To assess QOL of different head and neck cancer patients.
A cross sectional study of 35 subjects with HNC was selected based on the type of cancer. After a background study, 35 subjects were chosen classifying on the type of cancer and were assessed using an interview schedule.
Physical as well as emotional score was poor among the group (312.5 and 349.5). The results had a high degree of variation.
QOL among HNC patients were concluded to be poor.