[[Assessment of quality of life of patients with brain tumors].
In the treatment of patients with brain tumours, quality of life, as subjectively assessed according to the needs, stresses and circumstances of the patient and the subjectively experienced effects of the brain tumour, has recently been considered. While much has been written relating to the difficulty in defining and measuring the construct "quality of life" in the fields of clinical oncology and geriatrics, possible alterations in the quality of life following brain tumour have been largely ignored. The present article describes the targets of research on quality of life in brain tumour patients and difficulties in defining this construct. Furthermore, it discusses the limitations of the assessment of quality of life, in particular with regard to available tests and the reliability of brain damaged patients' self-assessment. In addition, a short overview is given concerning research on quality of life in meningioma patients.
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Lehrstuhl für Neuropsychologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaft, Universität Regensburg.
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Seeger
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Lange
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires