Factor analysis of the psychosocial items of the EORTC QLQ-C30 in metastatic breast cancer patients participating in a psychosocial intervention study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-317

  McLachlan, Sue Anne ^a   Devins, Gerald M ^b   Goodwin, Pamela J ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032799442     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008939818096     Document Type: Article

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