Content validity of self-report measurement instruments: An illustration from the development of the Brain Tumor Module of the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 669-676

  Armstrong, Terri S ^a,b   Cohen, Marlene Z ^b,c   Eriksen, Lillian ^b   Cleeland, Charles ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Lyndon B Johnson General Hospital   (United States)

^d Cancer Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33746777831     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.669-676     Document Type: Article

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