Perioperative assessment of psychological state and quality of life of head and neck cancer patients undergoing surgery

The identification of mood and anxiety concerns using the patients concerns inventory following head and neck cancer

“…36 The identification of psychological distress is important as treatments can be successful and typically involve medical, social, and psychological interventions. 24 This supports the use of tools such as the Table 4. PCI profile of health professionals that patients wanted to discuss issues with, by whether patients reported anxiety or mood problems on the UW-QOL or raised anxiety, mood or depression issues on the PCI.…”

“…After discharge from hospital, patients with longer-term postoperative survival may have better psychological states and quality of life. 25 Information regarding psychological states and quality of life in oral cancer patients may be of use for caring and supporting in perioperative and postoperative periods. 3 In conclusion, the most effective way to identify patients in routine clinical practise with depression and anxiety is challenging.…”

Investigation of factor affecting health‐related quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

“…Therefore, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 50 maxillectomy and 50 mandibulectomy and/or glossectomy patients were selected for study here. Patients with HNC were excluded if surgical resection had been performed within <1 year because specific domains of QOL decreased immediately after surgery and most domains improved 1 month after discharge 8 . We focused on age, sex, pathological diagnosis, neck dissection, resection size, radiotherapy and dental condition because these factors had been previously shown to affect HRQL 13,16–20 .…”

“…Japanese clinicians performed a cross‐sectional study to investigate post‐operative HRQL in glossectomy patients with free flap reconstruction using the UWQOL questionnaire (Japanese version) to measure the relationship between clinical information in Japan 7 . Moreover, psychological state and QOL in patients with HNC during the perioperative period were investigated using the UWQOL questionnaire (Japanese version); QOL in specific domains was found to have decreased immediately after surgery, and QOL in most domains had improved 1 month after discharge 8 .…”

Quality of life for veterans and servicemembers with major traumatic limb loss from Vietnam and OIF/OEF conflicts

“…While this survey is unique in obtaining a relatively high follow-up rate, those who were not located or who refused to participate could have a substantially different experience of limb loss. QOL has been shown to change over time, perhaps due to changes in life situations and to transient mood states [51], and reticence to report negative experiences may present additional biases to the measurement of selfreported QOL. Prospective and longitudinal studies would be useful to evaluate causality of factors associated with QOL in those with combat-related limb loss.…”