Preliminary Testing of the Long-Term Quality of Life (LTQL) Instrument for Female Cancer Survivors

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-170

  Wyatt, Gwen ^a   Kurtz, Margot E ^a   Friedman, Laurie L ^b   Given, Barbara ^a   Given, Charles W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0030321286     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.4.2.153     Document Type: Article

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