Evaluation of a revised instrument to assess the needs of men diagnosed with prostate cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 895-903

  Duke, Janine M ^a   Treloar, Carla J ^b   Byles, Julie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Men's health; Perceived needs; Prostate cancer; Questionnaire; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 27144554514     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0808-5     Document Type: Article

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