The impact of literacy on health-related quality of life measurement and outcomes in cancer outpatients

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-507

  Hahn, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Cella, David ^a,b   Dobrez, Deborah G ^c   Weiss, Barry D ^d   Du, Hongyan ^a   Lai, Jin Shei ^a,b   Victorson, David ^a,b   Garcia, Sofia F ^a  

^a Research and Education   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy; Measurement; Outcomes; Quality of life; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHICAGO; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33847672363     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-9128-6     Document Type: Article

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