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Table 1 HRQoL tools, number of times used in literature, full name and identified validation studies

From: Measuring health-related quality of life in cervical cancer patients: a systematic review of the most used questionnaires and their validity

 

Studies

Early stage

Advanced stage

Overall

Full name

General

 SF-36

21

1025

436

3452

36-Item Short Form health survey [s1–s21]

 WHOQOL-BREF

9

415

281

963

WHO Quality of Life – Abbreviated [s22–s30]

 SF-12

8

569

443

1263

12-Item Short Form health survey [s31–s38]

 EQ-5D

7

655

363

2287

Euroqol-5D [s21, s39–s44]

 VR 12

1

0

0

1016

Veterans Rand 12-Item Health Survey [s20]

 SF8

1

311

218

529

8-Item Short Form health survey [s43]

 PROMIS

4

294

108

565

Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System [s45–s48]

 QL-I

1

34

45

79

Quality of Life Index [s49]

 PGWB

1

24

22

46

Psychological General Well-Being [s50]

 ALLTAG

1

24

22

46

[German] Questionnaire on everyday life [s50]

Total

54

3351

1938

10246

 

Cancer

 FACT-G

26

634

2126

3807

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – General [s15, s33, s51–s74]

 EORTC QLQ-C30

29

344

561

2792

European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Quality of Life Questionnaire, Core module [s13, s14, s49, s75–s97]

 FACT NTX

3

0

1108

1108

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity [s69, s70, s72]

 FACT-GP

2

147

54

221

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General Population [s47, s48]

 QOL-CS

2

0

0

72

Quality of Life – Cancer Survivors [s17, s100]

 CARES-SF

1

0

0

129

Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System – Short Form [s93]

 FACT AN

1

0

115

115

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Anemia [s73]

 SDCQ

1

0

0

59

Socio-demographic and Clinical Questionnaire [s101]

 MQOLS-CA

1

0

0

38

Multidimensional Quality of Life. Scaled Cancer [s102]

Total

66

1125

3964

8341

 

Cx specific

 EORTC QLQ-CX24

35

3212

1508

5556

European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Quality of Life Questionnaire, Cervical cancer module [s18, s21, s103–s135]

 FACT-Cx

22

1231

2973

4224

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Cervical cancer [s32, s38, s46–s48 s69–s72, s136–s148]

Total

57

4443

4481

9780

 

Other cancer specific

 Ovarium specific

   ORTC QLQ-OV28

1

0

0

27

European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Quality of Life Questionnaire, Ovarian cancer module [s96]

 Bladder Cancer

  FACT BL

1

0

0

13

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Bladder cancer [s149]

 Breast Cancer

  FACT-B

1

0

0

10

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Breast cancer [s150]

 Brain Cancer

  FACT-BR

1

0

1

1

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Brain cancer [s151]

Total

4

0

1

51

 

Other

 Terminal care

  MVQOLI

1

0

32

32

Missoula-VITAS Quality of Life Index [s152]

 Menopause

  WHQ 30

1

0

0

15

Woman’s Health Questionnaire [s153]

 Chronic illness

  FACT-SP

2

19

91

114

Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Spiritual Well-Being [s133, s154]

  FACT F

1

0

1

1

Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue [s97]

 Rectal bleeding

  RBQOLS

1

0

0

2

Rectal Bleeding Quality of Life Scale [s155]

 Fecal incontinence

  FIQLI

1

0

0

21

Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life [s156]

Total

7

19

124

185

 

Total Overall a

156

6848

7053

20690

 
  1. a Total numbers differ as a study and/or study population can be counted more than once in and between categories while only counting once for the overall total