Comparison of German language versions of the QWB-SA and SF-36 evaluating outcomes for patients with prostate disease

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-173

  Frosch, D ^a   Porzsolt, F ^b   Heicappell, R ^c   Kleinschmidt, K ^d   Schatz, M ^d   Weinknecht, S ^e   Kaplan, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^e VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Quality of well being scale; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034833679     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016771205405     Document Type: Article

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