Quality of life assessment in dogs and cats receiving chemotherapy: a review of current methods
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Quality of life assessment in dogs and cats receiving chemotherapy : a review of current methods. / Vøls, Kåre Kryger; Heden, Martin Anker; Kristensen, Annemarie Thuri; Sandøe, Peter.
In: Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2017, p. 684–691.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Quality of life assessment in dogs and cats receiving chemotherapy
T2 - a review of current methods
AU - Vøls, Kåre Kryger
AU - Heden, Martin Anker
AU - Kristensen, Annemarie Thuri
AU - Sandøe, Peter
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This study aimed to review currently reported methods of assessing the effects of chemotherapy on the quality of life (QoL) of canine and feline patients and to explore novel ways to assess QoL in such patients in the light of the experience to date in human pediatric oncology. A qualitative comparative analysis of published papers on the effects of chemotherapy on QoL in dogs and cats were conducted. This was supplemented with a comparison of the parameters and domains used in veterinary QoL-assessments with those used in the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) questionnaire designed to assess QoL in toddlers. Each of the identified publications including QoL-assessment in dogs and cats receiving chemotherapy applied a different method of QoL-assessment. In addition, the veterinary QoL-assessments were mainly focused on physical clinical parameters, whereas the emotional (6/11), social (4/11) and role (4/11) domains were less represented. QoL-assessment of cats and dogs receiving chemotherapy is in its infancy. The most commonly reported method to assess QoL was questionnaire based and mostly included physical and clinical parameters. Standardizing and including a complete range of potentially relevant parameters in future QoL assessments may benefit owner decision making.
AB - This study aimed to review currently reported methods of assessing the effects of chemotherapy on the quality of life (QoL) of canine and feline patients and to explore novel ways to assess QoL in such patients in the light of the experience to date in human pediatric oncology. A qualitative comparative analysis of published papers on the effects of chemotherapy on QoL in dogs and cats were conducted. This was supplemented with a comparison of the parameters and domains used in veterinary QoL-assessments with those used in the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) questionnaire designed to assess QoL in toddlers. Each of the identified publications including QoL-assessment in dogs and cats receiving chemotherapy applied a different method of QoL-assessment. In addition, the veterinary QoL-assessments were mainly focused on physical clinical parameters, whereas the emotional (6/11), social (4/11) and role (4/11) domains were less represented. QoL-assessment of cats and dogs receiving chemotherapy is in its infancy. The most commonly reported method to assess QoL was questionnaire based and mostly included physical and clinical parameters. Standardizing and including a complete range of potentially relevant parameters in future QoL assessments may benefit owner decision making.
U2 - 10.1111/vco.12242
DO - 10.1111/vco.12242
M3 - Review
C2 - 27140826
VL - 15
SP - 684
EP - 691
JO - Veterinary and Comparative Oncology
JF - Veterinary and Comparative Oncology
SN - 1476-5810
IS - 3
ER -
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