Screening for Dysfunction to Promote Multidisciplinary Intervention by Using the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire

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Abstract
Health-related quality of life evaluation after head and neck cancer treatment is recognized as an important patient-reported outcome measure. An ever-increasing number of articles have been published on this issue.1 Validated questionnaires have emerged that allow clinicians a better insight into the factors that predict health-related quality-of-life outcomes.2,3 They are useful as primary or secondary outcomes in clinical trials. When presented in a simple way, questionnaires can also provide additional information for patient, caregiver, and tumor board members.4 They help provide feedback from the patient perspective in a structured way and encourage the opportunity for further evaluation and intervention for patients who are doing poorly.

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