Assessment of health-related quality of life in children with cancer: Consistency and agreement between parent and child reports

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2267-2274

  Russell, Kathryn M W ^a,b   Hudson, Melissa ^a   Long, Alanna ^a   Phipps, Sean ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Health related quality of life; Proxy measures

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33646362296     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21871     Document Type: Article

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