Evaluation of an instrument to assess the needs of men diagnosed with prostate carcinoma: An assessment of the validity and reliability of a self-administered questionnaire developed to measure the needs experienced by men diagnosed with prostate carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 993-1001

  Duke, Janine M ^a   Treloar, Carla J ^b   Byles, Julie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Men's health; Perceived needs; Prostate carcinoma; Questionnaire; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037441618     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11156     Document Type: Article

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