title: Quality of life assessment in interventional radiology.
abstract: The aim of this review was to describe quality of life (QoL) questionnaires relevant to interventional radiology. Interventional radiologists perform a large number of palliative procedures. The effect of these therapies on QoL is important. This is particularly true for cancer therapies where procedures with marginal survival benefits may result in tremendous QoL benefits. Image-guided minimally invasive procedures should be compared to invasive procedures, with respect to QoL, as part of comparative effectiveness assessment. A large number of questionnaires have been validated for measurement of overall and disease-specific quality of life. Use of applicable QoL assessments can aid in evaluating clinical outcomes and help to further substantiate the need for minimally invasive image-guided procedures.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 Pacific Ave NE, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195. Electronic address: wmonsky@u.washington.edu.
authors: Wayne L
authors: WL
authors: Monsky
authors: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
authors: Derek
authors: D
authors: Khorsand
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 Pacific Ave NE, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195.
authors: Timothy
authors: T
authors: Nolan
authors: Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Douglas
authors: Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
authors: Pavan
authors: P
authors: Khanna
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Quality of life; interventional radiology