Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist to assess quality of life of cancer patients;Evaluacion de las propiedades psicometricas de la version Espanola del Rotterdam Symptom Checklist para medir calidad de vida en personas con cancer

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-44

  Agra, Yolanda ^a,c   Badia, Xavier ^b  

^a Unidad de Formacion e Investigacion Area 4 de Atencion Primaria SERMAS Madrid Espana   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Investigacion Area 4   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Quality of Life; Questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVALUATION STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPAIN; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0032616588     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1135-57271999000100005     Document Type: Article

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