Clinical trial · Observational
Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Head and Neck Cancer Inventory
NCT04265326CI-TRIAL-00053653unknownClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The primary treatment option of many patients with head and neck cancer is surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In the literature, functional problems that occur after surgical interventions applied to head and neck cancer patients are frequently mentioned. Morbidities resulting from the combined application of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are based on more anecdotal information and critical data on long-term functional outcomes in this patient group are scarce. The aim of this study is to make the validity, reliability and cultural adaptation of the Head and Neck Cancer Inventory in Turkish.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head and Neck Cancer | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measurement of Quality of Life | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Head and Neck Cancer patients
- description
- Turkish patients diagnosed with Head and Neck Cancer
- interventionNames
- Other: Measurement of Quality of Life
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Head and Neck Cancer Inventory
- timeFrame
- At baseline
- description
- It is a scale consisting of 30 items in total, containing 4 main categories \[speech (10 items), eating (10 items), aesthetics (2 items), social disorders (7 items)\] evaluating the quality of life related to head and neck cancer and an additional item evaluating the overall quality of life. This inventory reflects both functionality (how functional the patient is) and attitudes (how satisfied is the patient's functional level) using a 5-point Likert-type scale. This scale does not have a summary score representing all items, the score of 4 different categories can be calculated. The higher the scores, the better the quality of life \[2\].
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntarily accepting to participate in the study * Patients whose native language is Turkish * Patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer Exclusion Criteria: * Patients whose health conditions are too bad to fill the scale * Having a serious mental disorder or dementia
References
Publications (7)
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