Statistical considerations for use of composite health-related quality-of-life scores in randomized trials

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 717-723

  Vickers, Andrew J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Questionnaires; Research design; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORT GROUP;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942441542     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021686.47079.0d     Document Type: Article

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