Handle-On-QOL

Handle-On-QOL compiles questionnaire-based publications on quality of life in head and neck cancer from 1982 to the present to support systematic QOL research and comparative analyses.

Key Features:

• Dedicated Focus: Curates studies exclusively related to quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer.
• Extensive Coverage: Includes publications spanning 1982 to the present, providing longitudinal coverage of QOL research in HNC.
• Questionnaire-Based Studies: Restricts inclusion to papers employing questionnaires, enabling methodological consistency for comparative analyses and meta-research.

Scientific Applications:

• Research Reference: Aggregates questionnaire-based QOL studies to support literature identification and evidence synthesis for clinicians and researchers focused on HNC outcomes.
• Standardization of Care: Supports standardization of QOL measurement in head and neck cancer by centralizing questionnaire-derived evidence that can inform assessment practices.

Methodology:

Evaluation compared the database with Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO across six randomly selected years from 1982 to 2016 and followed the PRISMA methodology.