Routine administration of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and needs assessment instruments to improve psychological outcome--a systematic review.

Routine administration of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and needs assessment instruments has been advocated as part of clinical care to aid the recognition of psychosocial problems, to inform clinical decision making, to monitor therapeutic response and to facilitate patient-doctor communication. However, their adoption is not without cost and the benefit of their use is unclear.