Reliability and validity of the functional assessment of cancer therapy- colorectal (FACT-C) quality of life instrument

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-195

  Ward, Wendy L ^a   Hahn, Elizabeth A ^b   Mo, Fei ^b   Hernandez, Lesbia ^c   Tulsky, David S ^d   Cella, David ^b  

^a Dakota Clinic   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Psychological Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; FACIT measurement system; Ostomy; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032771187     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008821826499     Document Type: Article

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