Responsiveness of a Single-Item Indicator Versus a Multi-Item Scale: Assessment of Emotional Well-Being in an International Adjuvant Breast Cancer Trial

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 234-248

  Hürny, Christoph ^a   Bernhard, Jürg ^b   Coates, Alan ^c   Peterson, Harriet F ^d   Castiglione Gertsch, Monica ^b   Gelber, Richard D ^d   Rudenstam, Carl Magnus ^e   Collins, John ^e   Lindtner, Jurij ^e   Goldhirsch, Aron ^e   Senn, Hans Jörg ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b IBCSG Coordinating Center   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Linear analogue self assessment scales; Quality of life assessment; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16144366859     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199603000-00004     Document Type: Article

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