The use of the SF-36 questionnaire in adult survivors of childhood cancer: Evaluation of data quality, score reliability, and scaling assumptions

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Reulen, Raoul C ^a   Zeegers, Maurice P ^a,b   Jenkinson, Crispin ^c   Lancashire, Emma R ^a   Winter, David L ^a   Jenney, Meriel E ^d   Hawkins, Mike M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL FOR WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMOTIONALITY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33751020808     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-77     Document Type: Article

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