Psychometric analyses of the mental adjustment to cancer (MAC) scale in a Greek palliative care unit

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-24

  Mystakidou, Kyriaki ^a   Watson, Maggie ^b   Tsilika, Eleni ^a   Parpa, Efi ^a   Primikiri, Afrodite ^a   Katsouda, Emmanuela ^a   Vlahos, Lambros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 12344321784     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.801     Document Type: Article

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