Translation and cultural adaptation of Health Utilities Index (HUI) Mark 2 (HUI2) and Mark 3 (HUI3) with application to survivors of childhood cancer in Brazil

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1407-1412

  Shimoda, Sandra ^a   De Camargo, Beatriz ^a   Horsman, John ^b   Furlong, William ^b   Lopes, Luiz Fernando ^a   Seber, Adriana ^c   Barr, Ronald D ^d  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Health status; HRQL; HUI; Oncology; QOL; Quality of life; Reliability; Utilities; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 21244439149     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-6127-3     Document Type: Article

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