[Studies on the scale for quality of life for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma].

The assessment of quality of life became more and more important, so the scale for quality of life for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma was studied by the authors, with changes in disease pattern, increasing needs for people's health, and changes in their views on health and the mode of medicine. The scale for quality of life for the patients consisted of 20 items, including general and specific ones and covering four aspects in physical, psychological, social functioning status and symptoms and side-effects. It could also be used in measuring and evaluating quality of life for patients with other cancers and chronic diseases, with some modification in its specific items and reservation of the general ones.