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Effect of oral tumour size on quality of life judgements by health care professionals working with head and neck cancer patients: a pilot study
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Reid, K., Hicks, C., Herron-Marx, Sandra and Parmar, S. (2009) Effect of oral tumour size on quality of life judgements by health care professionals working with head and neck cancer patients: a pilot study. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, Vol.123 (No.12). pp. 1352-1357. doi:10.1017/S0022215109990934 ISSN 0022-2151.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022215109990934
Abstract
Aim: To investigate whether information about the size of an oral tumour influences the multi-disciplinary team's judgement about the quality of life of head and neck cancer patients.
Method: Using a between-group design, two groups of health care professionals rated a hypothetical patient on 20 outcome variables. The patient description was identical for both groups, except for the tumour size.
Results: Comparison of variable ratings revealed only three significant differences between the groups' predictions and no consistency within conditions, suggesting that the participants held few common assumptions about the impact of tumour size on a range of patient experiences.
Conclusion: The lack of agreement amongst the health care professionals suggests that, where humane judgements are used in treatment decisions for head and neck cancer patients, these may be random and inconsistent. Consequently, patients should have a direct input into treatment decisions, via formalised quality of life data.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RF Otorhinolaryngology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Laryngology and Otology | ||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
| ISSN: | 0022-2151 | ||||
| Official Date: | December 2009 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.123 | ||||
| Number: | No.12 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 6 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1352-1357 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0022215109990934 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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