Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the quality of life-cancer survivors instrument

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1633-1638

  Fujimori, Maiko ^a   Kobayakawa, Makoto ^a   Nakaya, Naoki ^a,b   Nagai, Kanji ^a   Nishiwaki, Yutaka ^a   Inagaki, Masatoshi ^a   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Non small cell lung cancer; Reliability; The Quality of Life Cancer Survivors Instrument; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JAPAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33751424109     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0038-4     Document Type: Article

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