Order effects: A randomised study of three major cancer-specific quality of life instruments

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Cheung, Yin Bun ^a   Lim, Celestine ^b   Goh, Cynthia ^b   Thumboo, Julian ^c   Wee, Joseph ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health related quality of life; Order effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 27344444507     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-37     Document Type: Article

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