Meaningful change in cancer-specific quality of life scores: Differences between improvement and worsening

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-221

  Cella, David ^a   Hahn, Elizabeth A ^a   Dineen, Kelly ^a  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT); Meaningful change; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036100275     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015276414526     Document Type: Article

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