QoLR-package: Analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life in Oncology
Description
A set of functions to generate the scores of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire and supplementary modules.
Two other programs to determine the time to deterioration in a Quality of Life score in longitudinal analysis
with different definitions of deterioration explored.Details
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Package: QoLR
Type: Package
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 2015-07-28
License: GPL (>=2.0)
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A set of functions to generate the scores of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire, for example function 'scoring.QLQC30', and supplementary modules. A function 'TTD' to determine the time to deterioration in a Health-related Quality of Life score in longitudinal analysis and function 'TUDD' to determine the time until definitive deterioration.References
Anota A. et al. Time to Health-related Quality of Life score deterioration as a modality of longitudinal analysis for health-related quality of life studies in oncology: do we need RECIST for quality of life to achieve standardization? Qual Life Res. 2015, 24(1):5-18.
Bonnetain F. et al. Time until definitive deterioration as a means of longitudinal analysis for treatment trials in patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Eur J Cancer 2010, 46(5): 2753-2762.
Fayers PM. et al. The EORTC QLQC30 scoring manual. 3rd ed. Brussels: EORTC, 2001.
Hamidou Z. et al. Time to deterioration in quality of life score as a modality of longitudinal analysis in patients with breast cancer. The Oncologist 2011, 16(10):1458-1468.