Validation of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale

Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2164-2171

  Chang, Victor T ^a,b,f   Hwang, Shirley S ^a,b,c,d   Feuerman, Martin ^d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Patient Care Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Section Hematology/Oncology (111)   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Distress; Dyspnea; Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale; Neoplasm; Pain; Quality of life; Symptoms; Veterans; Visual analogue score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; APPETITE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SLEEP STAGES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034194414     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(20000501)88:9<2164::AID-CNCR24>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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