Prospective Evaluation of the Relation Between Different Questionnaires Measuring Radiation-induced Side-effect
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Summary
To learn more about how you would rate the intensity or severity of your symptoms during or after radiation therapy using questionnaires with different rating scales.
Description
Primary Objectives: • To investigate how different toxicity questionnaires with different scoring systems can be reliably translated to each other by estimating different measures of correlation between items and summary scores across different questionnaires.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * English as a primary language * Participants with a diagnosis of HNC undergoing active curative RT or having received curative RT within the past 5 years at MD Anderson * Ability to complete the survey(s) of their own volition Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Non-English speaking participants * Participants who are receiving or have received RT in a non-HN site. * Participants in follow up and over 5 years from post-treatment * Neurocognitive deficits that render patients unable to complete the survey(s) on their own.
Interventions
- OtherMDASI-HN
Given by Questionnaire
- OtherEORTC QLQ-C30
Given by Questionnaire
- OtherEORTC HN35
Given by Questionnaire
Location
- MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, Texas