Psychometric testing of the translated McGill Quality of Life questionnaire-Taiwan version in patients with terminal cancer

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-104

  Hu, Wen Yu ^a   Dai, Yu Tzu ^a   Berry, Donna ^b   Chiu, Tai Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Palliative care; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0038303698     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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