Assessing the impact of cancer: Development of a new instrument for long-term survivors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 407-421

  Zebrack, Brad J ^a   Ganz, Patricia A ^b   Bernaards, Coen A ^c   Petersen, Laura ^b   Abraham, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer survivors; Instrument development; Oncology; Psychometric testing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PILOT STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL LIFE; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744810068     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.963     Document Type: Article

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