A cross-sectional validation study of self-evaluation of communication experiences after laryngeal cancer: A questionnaire for use in the voice rehabilitation of Laryngeal Cancer Patients

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 573-580

  Finizia, Caterina ^a,b   Bergman, Bengt ^a   Lindström, Jörgen ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH;

EID: 0032816077     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418699431159     Document Type: Article

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