A prospective investigation of dispositional optimism as a predictor of health-related quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 951-960

  Allison, P J ^a   Guichard, C ^b   Gilain, L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

Author keywords

Determinants; Head and neck cancer; Optimism; Outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0034466310     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008931906253     Document Type: Article

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