Table 1:

Select Commonly Used Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Outcomes instruments

Generic Questionnaires:

• Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®)

• Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) and Short Form 12 (SF-12)

• Rotterdam Symptom Checklist

• Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21)

• Dyspnea Index

• Nottingham Health Profile

Thoracic Specific:

• European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Modules

• Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ C-30)

• QLQ Oesophagus Module (OES-18)

• QLQ Lung Cancer Module (LC13)

• Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) Oncologic and Organ-Specific Modules

• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Health Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (GERD-HRQL)

• Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index

Cardiac Specific:

• Seattle Angina Questionnaire

• Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire

• Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire

• Cardiac Symptom Survey

• Coronary Revascularisation Outcome Questionnaire, CROQ

• Duke Activity Status Index

• Heart Surgery Symptom Inventory, HSSI