A Review of Commonly used Health-Related Quality of Life instruments in Gynecological Cancer Survivors.

The number of cancer survivors is increasing steadily due to an aging population, continuing improvement in early detection, and treatment. Comparative effectiveness studies and clinical trials are being done to assess late effects of treatment and health-related quality of life. This is in addition to long-term follow-up to assess survival.

Quality of life following a maternal near-miss event during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary care center in South India.

Objective: To assess the quality of life (QoL) in women following a maternal near-miss event and to assess the women's attitude towards future fertility and their contraceptive choices.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in Government Medical College, Kozhikode, India among women who had experienced a near-miss event (n = 50) between January 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021 during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The QoL was assessed using the WHO Quality of Life, BREF Version, questionnaire, which was administered to the consenting participants over phone.